ACT*1 Services Limited
Registered name: ACT*1 SERVICES LIMITED
ACT*1 Services Limited made £33.1m revenue and a £1.9m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
ACT*1 Services Limited’s revenue grew 18% to £33.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £1.9m and 230 employees. The company is classified under “temporary employment agency activities” and is based in London; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 18 yrs · since 2007
- 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: “The Act 1 Group Inc.”
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 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £30.9m | £35.1m | £33m | £28.1m | £33.1m |
| Cost of sales | £28.9m | £32.9m | £30.9m | £26.3m | £31.3m |
| Gross profit | £2m | £2.2m | £2.2m | £1.8m | £1.8m |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | −£1.2m | −£1.6m |
| Profit before tax | −£501k | −£633k | −£1m | −£1.5m | −£1.9m |
| Profit after tax | −£502k | −£652k | −£1.1m | −£1.5m | −£1.9m |
| Profit (best available) | −£502k | −£652k | −£1.1m | −£1.5m | −£1.9m |
| Staff costs | £9m | £8.8m | £9.9m | £8.9m | £12.7m |
| Employees (average) | 207 | 168 | 175 | 175 | 230 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | −1.6% | −1.9% | −3.2% | −5.4% | −5.9% |
| Gross margin | 6.4% | 6.3% | 6.5% | 6.4% | 5.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £149k | £209k | £189k | £160k | £144k |
| Profit per employee | −£2.4k | −£3.9k | −£6k | −£8.6k | −£8.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲13.6% | ▼5.8% | ▼15% | ▲17.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼18.8% | ▲4.2% | 0% | ▲31.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £5.8m | £4.4m | £4.1m | £1.4m | £2m |
| Net assets | −£1.6m | −£2.2m | −£3.3m | −£4.8m | −£6.7m |
| Fixed assets | £9.5k | £14.5k | £11.7k | £11k | £16.9k |
| Current assets | £11.9m | £10.7m | £9.3m | £5.6m | £8.8m |
| Debtors | £5m | £5.8m | £4.9m | £3.8m | £6.4m |
| Cash from operations | £294k | −£563k | £110k | −£857k | −£2.4m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −5.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 5.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £144k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£8.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 19.2%
- 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 −£6.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲38%
- Now £2m
- Headcount
- ▲31%
- Now 230
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲54%
- Now £16.9k
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£1.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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