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Company No. 08499541 · Incorporated 23 Apr 2013

Deploy Limited

Registered name: DEPLOY LIMITED

Part of Deploy Recruitment Group Limited group

Deploy Limited made £17m revenue and £88.2k profit in the year to 31 Oct 2025. read from filing text

Deploy Limited’s revenue fell 18% to £17m in the year to 31 Oct 2025, with £88.2k profit and 29 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
13 yrs · since 2013
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 ultimate holding company is Deploy Recruitment Group Limited, a company registered in England and Wales.”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Oct 2025

Key figures

Capital-light
Revenue
£17m
Growth ▼18.4%
Profit
£88.2k
Growth ▼64.2%
Profit margin
0.5%
Gross 19.9%
Employees
29
Change ▲3.6%
Profit / employee
£3k
Revenue/employee £587k
Profitable streak
4yrs
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 Oct 202231 Oct 202331 Oct 202431 Oct 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)£16.7m£19.9m£20.9m£17m
Cost of sales£13.7m£16m£16.9m£13.6m
Gross profit£3m£3.8m£4m£3.4m
Operating profit£188k£455k£315k£159k
Profit before tax£187k£419k£296k£139k
Profit after tax£143k£414k£247k£88.2k
Profit (best available)£143k£414k£247k£88.2k
Staff costs£1.4m£1.7m£1.8m£1.6m
Employees (average)24262829
Ratios
Profit margin0.9%2.1%1.2%0.5%
Gross margin18%19.2%19.2%19.9%
Revenue per employee£697k£764k£745k£587k
Profit per employee£6k£15.9k£8.8k£3k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲18.7%▲5%▼18.4%
Profit growth—▲188.9%▼40.5%▼64.2%
Headcount growth—▲8.3%▲7.7%▲3.6%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£422k£205k£468k£311k
Net assets£1.2m£1.6m£1.9m£2m
Fixed assets£23.1k£24.4k£21.6k£10.6k
Current assets£5.3m£6.4m£5.5m£5.7m
Debtors£3.1m£3.6m£2.2m£2.4m
Deferred income£482k£682k£565k£520k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data May 2024FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
0.5%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
19.9%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£587k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£3k
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
3.1%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
13.8%
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
▲5%
Now £2m
Cash at bank
▼34%
Now £311k
Headcount
▲4%
Now 29
Deferred income
▼8%
Now £520k
Fixed assets
▼51%
Now £10.6k

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. Deploy Recruitment Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Deploy (UK) Holdings Limited75–100%
  3. Deploy Limitedthis company

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

Sister companies (1)

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

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Sources

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Oct 2025 (profit £88.2k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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