Deploy Limited
Registered name: DEPLOY LIMITED
Part of Deploy Recruitment Group Limited groupDeploy 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.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Oct 2022 | 31 Oct 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 | 31 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full 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) | 24 | 26 | 28 | 29 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.9% | 2.1% | 1.2% | 0.5% |
| Gross margin | 18% | 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 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
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.
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.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Deploy Recruitment Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Deploy (UK) Holdings Limited75–100%
- Deploy Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Deploy Projects LtdRev. — · Profit −£18.7k
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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