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Company No. 07275849 · Incorporated 7 Jun 2010

Action Sustainability (Trading) Limited

Registered name: ACTION SUSTAINABILITY (TRADING) LIMITED

Part of Scaleup Capital GP III LLP group

Action Sustainability (Trading) Limited made £5.2m revenue and a £184k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text

Action Sustainability (Trading) Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £5.2m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £184k and 54 employees. The company is classified under “management consultancy activities other than financial management” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection M · Professional, scientific and technical activitiesSIC 70229Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Status
Active
Location
London, London
Age
16 yrs · since 2010
Type
Private Limited Company

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: “Scaleup Capital GP III LLP”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Mar 2025

Key figures

Capital-light
Revenue
£5.2m
Growth ▲0.6%
Profit
−£184k
Growth ▼162.4%
Profit margin
−3.6%
Gross 74.3%
Employees
54
Change ▲1.9%
Profit / employee
−£3.4k
Revenue/employee £95.8k
Profitable streak
0yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Mar 202231 Mar 202331 Mar 202431 Mar 2025
DisclosureFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£3.1m£4.4m£5.1m£5.2m
Cost of sales£807k£1.1m£1.1m£1.3m
Gross profit£2.3m£3.3m£4m£3.8m
Operating profit£310k£431k£116k−£240k
Profit before tax£310k£468k£208k−£162k
Profit after tax£325k£379k£296k−£184k
Profit (best available)£325k£379k£296k−£184k
Employees (average)26375354
Ratios
Profit margin10.4%8.6%5.8%−3.6%
Gross margin74.2%75.1%77.9%74.3%
Revenue per employee£120k£119k£97.1k£95.8k
Profit per employee£12.5k£10.3k£5.6k−£3.4k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲40.5%▲16.9%▲0.6%
Profit growth—▲16.6%▼22.1%▼162.4%
Headcount growth—▲42.3%▲43.2%▲1.9%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£2.3m£2.9m£3m£3m
Net assets£1.4m£1.7m£2m£1.8m
Fixed assets£26.4k£37.4k£36.8k£30.9k
Current assets£3.3m£4.1m£4.8m£4.5m
Debtors£820k£994k£1.3m£914k
Deferred income£1.6m£1.9m£2.2m£2.2m
SourceAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
−3.6%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
74.3%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£95.8k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
−£3.4k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
0.6%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
43.4%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
17.7%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▼9%
Now £1.8m
Cash at bank
▲1%
Now £3m
Headcount
▲2%
Now 54
Deferred income
▲1%
Now £2.2m
Fixed assets
▼16%
Now £30.9k

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Scaleup Capital GP III LLPultimate parent50–75%
  2. Action Sustainability (Trading) Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Sister companies (2)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit −£184k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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