A1 Systems Limited
Registered name: A1 SYSTEMS LIMITED
A1 Systems Limited made £17.6m revenue and £675k profit in the year to 31 Jan 2025.
A1 Systems Limited’s revenue grew 25% to £17.6m in the year to 31 Jan 2025, with £675k profit and 40 employees. The company is classified under “other telecommunications activities” and is based in West Byfleet; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- West Byfleet, London
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2014
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £11.8m | £14.1m | £17.6m |
| Cost of sales | £10.6m | £12.8m | £16m |
| Gross profit | £1.1m | £1.3m | £1.5m |
| Operating profit | £461k | £542k | £675k |
| Profit before tax | £461k | £542k | £675k |
| Profit after tax | £461k | £542k | £675k |
| Profit (best available) | £461k | £542k | £675k |
| Employees (average) | 19 | 38 | 40 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 3.9% | 3.8% | 3.8% |
| Gross margin | 9.5% | 9% | 8.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £619k | £371k | £439k |
| Profit per employee | £24.3k | £14.3k | £16.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲20% | ▲24.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲17.6% | ▲24.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲100% | ▲5.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £435k | £560k | £357k |
| Net assets | £1.1m | £2.6m | £3.1m |
| Fixed assets | £887k | £2.6m | £3m |
| Current assets | £761k | £1.2m | £1m |
| Debtors | £145k | £461k | £421k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 8.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £439k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £16.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 17%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.4%
- 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
- ▲18%
- Now £3.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼36%
- Now £357k
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 40
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲15%
- Now £3m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jan 2025 (profit £675k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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