Relex Limited
Registered name: RELEX LIMITED
Relex Limited made £21.6m revenue and £1.8m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Relex Limited’s revenue grew 23% to £21.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £1.8m profit and 141 employees. The company is classified under “business and domestic software development” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 14 yrs · since 2012
- 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: “Relex Oy (incorporated in Finland) is regarded by the directors as being the company's ultimate parent company. Copies of the parent company accounts are available from Postintaival 7, 00230 Helsinki,”
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 | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £13.2m | £17.6m | £21.6m |
| Operating profit | — | −£555k | £778k | £2.3m |
| Profit before tax | — | −£556k | £787k | £2.3m |
| Profit after tax | — | −£388k | £678k | £1.8m |
| Profit (best available) | — | −£388k | £678k | £1.8m |
| Staff costs | — | £11m | £13.5m | £15.5m |
| Employees (average) | 70 | 109 | 134 | 141 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | −2.9% | 3.9% | 8.1% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £121k | £131k | £153k |
| Profit per employee | — | −£3.6k | £5.1k | £12.5k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | −11% | 1% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲33% | ▲23.1% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲159.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲55.7% | ▲22.9% | ▲5.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £139k | £349k | £445k | £114k |
| Net assets | £1.4m | £1.6m | £2.6m | £4.7m |
| Fixed assets | £24.6k | £799k | £633k | £464k |
| Current assets | £2.6m | £2.2m | £3.9m | £6.3m |
| Debtors | £2.5m | £1.9m | £3.5m | £6.2m |
| Cash from operations | — | −£1.1m | −£85.9k | £23.1k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £153k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £12.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 28.7%
- 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
- ▲78%
- Now £4.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼74%
- Now £114k
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 141
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼27%
- Now £464k
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Relex Solutions UK LimitedRev. — · Profit £1.4m
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 £1.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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