Aptem Ltd
Registered name: APTEM LTD
Aptem Ltd made £9.1m revenue and £508k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Aptem Ltd’s revenue grew 31% to £9.1m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £508k profit and 83 employees. The company is classified under “other software publishing” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 17 yrs · since 2009
- 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 | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £6m | £7m | £9.1m |
| Cost of sales | — | £725k | £621k | £627k |
| Gross profit | — | £5.3m | £6.3m | £8.5m |
| Operating profit | — | −£557k | −£56.7k | £948k |
| Profit before tax | — | −£855k | −£372k | £469k |
| Profit after tax | — | −£1.2m | −£424k | £508k |
| Profit (best available) | — | −£1.2m | −£424k | £508k |
| Employees (average) | 49 | 65 | 80 | 83 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | −20.8% | −6.1% | 5.6% |
| Gross margin | — | 87.9% | 91.1% | 93.1% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £92k | £86.9k | £110k |
| Profit per employee | — | −£19.2k | −£5.3k | £6.1k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | — | 307.3% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲16.4% | ▲31% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲32.6% | ▲23.1% | ▲3.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.1m | £1.7m | £1.9m | £2.4m |
| Net assets | £5.6m | £8.7m | £8.5m | £9m |
| Fixed assets | £5.4m | £7.7m | £9.8m | £11.5m |
| Current assets | £3.2m | £3.8m | £3.9m | £4.6m |
| Debtors | £1m | £1m | £1.2m | £1.4m |
| Deferred income | — | £453k | £802k | £982k |
| Cash from operations | — | £835k | £2.1m | £2.9m |
| Source | FilletedAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FilletedAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 93.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £110k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 307.3%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 125.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 10.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 15.3%
- 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
- ▲6%
- Now £9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲27%
- Now £2.4m
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 83
- Deferred income
- ▲22%
- Now £982k
- Fixed assets
- ▲16%
- Now £11.5m
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 30 Apr 2025 (profit £508k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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