Tactile Limited
Registered name: TACTILE LIMITED
Part of Aareon UK Holdings Limited groupTactile Limited made £9.4m revenue and a £184k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Tactile Limited’s revenue grew 36% to £9.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £184k and 70 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.
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 | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £6.9m | £9.4m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £1.3m | £1.5m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £5.5m | £7.9m |
| Operating profit | — | — | −£296k | −£373k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | −£296k | −£373k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | −£449k | −£184k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | −£449k | −£184k |
| Staff costs | — | — | £4.4m | £6.8m |
| Employees (average) | 41 | 66 | 67 | 70 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | −6.5% | −2% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 80.5% | 83.6% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £103k | £134k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | −£6.7k | −£2.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲36.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲61% | ▲1.5% | ▲4.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £824k | £176k | £51.1k | £571k |
| Net assets | £825k | £1.1m | £657k | £839k |
| Fixed assets | £474k | £2m | £3.3m | £4.6m |
| Current assets | £1.3m | £960k | £2.4m | £3.8m |
| Debtors | £359k | £616k | £697k | £1.1m |
| Deferred income | £594k | £848k | £1.2m | £798k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 83.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £134k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£2.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 48.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 8.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 12.2%
- 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
- ▲28%
- Now £839k
- Cash at bank
- ▲1017%
- Now £571k
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 70
- Deferred income
- ▼33%
- Now £798k
- Fixed assets
- ▲39%
- Now £4.6m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Aareon UK Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Tactile Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (4)
- Arthur Online LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Designer Software LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Mis Social Housing Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Trade Innovations LtdFigures not disclosed
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 −£184k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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