Optimizely Ltd
Registered name: OPTIMIZELY LTD
Optimizely Ltd made £31m revenue and £6.1m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Optimizely Ltd’s revenue grew 23% to £31m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £6.1m profit and 174 employees. The company is classified under “other information technology service activities” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 19 yrs · since 2007
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15.7m | £21.9m | £25.3m | £31m |
| Cost of sales | £3.5m | £4.1m | £3.8m | £4.5m |
| Gross profit | £12.2m | £17.8m | £21.5m | £26.5m |
| Operating profit | −£5.6m | −£5.1m | −£2.3m | £2.4m |
| Profit before tax | −£4.7m | −£3.7m | −£1.3m | £3.2m |
| Profit after tax | −£4.7m | −£3.7m | −£1.4m | £6.1m |
| Profit (best available) | −£4.7m | −£3.7m | −£1.4m | £6.1m |
| Staff costs | £17.4m | £19.4m | £20.5m | £21.2m |
| Employees (average) | 156 | 160 | 168 | 174 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −30% | −16.8% | −5.3% | 19.7% |
| Gross margin | 77.5% | 81.4% | 84.8% | 85.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £101k | £137k | £151k | £178k |
| Profit per employee | −£30.3k | −£23.1k | −£8.1k | £35.1k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | — | 36.4% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲39.2% | ▲15.4% | ▲22.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2.6% | ▲5% | ▲3.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £90.5k | £473k | £256k | £1m |
| Net assets | −£15.3m | −£18.9m | −£20.2m | −£14.2m |
| Fixed assets | £252k | £225k | £658k | £466k |
| Current assets | £40.6m | £41.9m | £22.3m | £56.7m |
| Debtors | £41.5k | £33.2k | £92.2k | £98.1k |
| Deferred income | £2m | £2.7m | £2.8m | £1.9m |
| Cash from operations | −£889k | −£459k | £418k | £868k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 19.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 85.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £178k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £35.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 36.4%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 6.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- 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
- —
- Now −£14.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲305%
- Now £1m
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 174
- Deferred income
- ▼32%
- Now £1.9m
- Fixed assets
- ▼29%
- Now £466k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £6.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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