Evaluate Limited
Registered name: EVALUATE LIMITED
Part of Caerus Debtco S.À R.L. groupEvaluate Limited made £79m revenue and £18.8m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Evaluate Limited’s revenue grew 15% to £79m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £18.8m profit and 0 employees. The company is classified under “data processing, hosting and related activities” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 20 yrs · since 2006
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently. From the filing: “Caerus UK 1 Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £74.3m | £72.7m | £68.5m | £79m |
| Cost of sales | £5.2m | £5.1m | £4.9m | £0 |
| Gross profit | £69m | £67.6m | £63.5m | £79m |
| Operating profit | £18.6m | £11.7m | −£22.1m | £22.5m |
| Profit before tax | £20.2m | £15.1m | −£18.8m | £24.2m |
| Profit after tax | £17.9m | £13.4m | −£19.3m | £18.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £17.9m | £13.4m | −£19.3m | £18.8m |
| Staff costs | £22.6m | £19m | £14.7m | £34k |
| Employees (average) | 145 | 162 | 157 | 0 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 24% | 18.4% | −28.1% | 23.8% |
| Gross margin | 92.9% | 93% | 92.8% | 100% |
| Revenue per employee | £512k | £449k | £436k | — |
| Profit per employee | £123k | £82.5k | −£123k | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼2.2% | ▼5.8% | ▲15.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼25.1% | ▼244% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲11.7% | ▼3.1% | ▼100% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £5.5m | £4.2m | £12.7m | £4m |
| Net assets | £29.5m | £42.9m | £16.6m | £35.4m |
| Fixed assets | — | £6.6m | £4.3m | £2.3m |
| Current assets | £75.5m | £100m | £77.2m | £101m |
| Debtors | £21.6m | £25.7m | £18.9m | £25.7m |
| Deferred income | £39.5m | £48m | £36.7m | £39.5m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 23.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 100%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 50%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 32.6%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- ▲113%
- Now £35.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼69%
- Now £4m
- Headcount
- ▼100%
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- ▲8%
- Now £39.5m
- Fixed assets
- ▼48%
- Now £2.3m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Caerus Debtco S.À R.L. (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Caerus UK 1 Limited75–100%
- Evaluate Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (4)
- C&D Intelligence U.K. LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Caerus Services LimitedRev. — · Profit −£178k
- Pharma Intelligence U.K. LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Redwood Midco LimitedRev. — · Profit −£9.6m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £18.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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