Access Fertility Limited
Registered name: ACCESS FERTILITY LIMITED
Part of Beechbrook Capital LLP groupAccess Fertility Limited made £22.7m revenue and £24.2k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Access Fertility Limited’s revenue grew 15% to £22.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £24.2k profit and 42 employees. The company is classified under “specialists medical practice activities” and is based in Higham Ferrers; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Higham Ferrers, East Midlands
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2013
- 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 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £20.2m | £19.7m | £22.7m |
| Cost of sales | £17.4m | £16.7m | £18.5m |
| Gross profit | £2.9m | £3.1m | £4.2m |
| Operating profit | £582k | −£802k | −£117k |
| Profit before tax | £604k | −£654k | £24.2k |
| Profit after tax | £531k | −£651k | £24.2k |
| Profit (best available) | £531k | −£651k | £24.2k |
| Staff costs | £1.4m | £2.7m | £2.9m |
| Employees (average) | 24 | 35 | 42 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 2.6% | −3.3% | 0.1% |
| Gross margin | 14.2% | 15.6% | 18.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £843k | £564k | £540k |
| Profit per employee | £22.1k | −£18.6k | £577 |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼2.5% | ▲14.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼222.7% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲45.8% | ▲20% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £9.1m | £5.2m | £3.6m |
| Net assets | £886k | £235k | £259k |
| Fixed assets | £29.6k | £36k | £21.8k |
| Current assets | £16.3m | £17m | £19.5m |
| Debtors | £0 | £2.2m | £6m |
| Deferred income | £425k | £217k | £1.6m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 18.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £540k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £577
- 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
- 6.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 26.4%
- 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
- ▲10%
- Now £259k
- Cash at bank
- ▼31%
- Now £3.6m
- Headcount
- ▲20%
- Now 42
- Deferred income
- ▲621%
- Now £1.6m
- Fixed assets
- ▼39%
- Now £21.8k
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
- Beechbrook Capital LLPultimate parent75–100%
- Access Fertility Topco Limited75–100%
- Access Fertility Bidco Limited75–100%
- Access Fertility Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Access Fertility International LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Redia LtdFigures not disclosed
- Your Fertility 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 £24.2k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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