Guardsix UK Ltd.
Registered name: GUARDSIX UK LTD.
Guardsix UK Ltd. made £2.4m revenue and £65.3k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Guardsix UK Ltd.’s revenue grew 2% to £2.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £65.3k profit and 7 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
- 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 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £2.5m | £2.7m | £2.4m | £2.4m |
| Cost of sales | £636k | £970k | £850k | £557k |
| Gross profit | £1.8m | £1.7m | £1.5m | £1.9m |
| Operating profit | −£2.3m | −£2m | −£1.4m | £367k |
| Profit before tax | −£2.5m | −£2.5m | −£1.8m | £65.3k |
| Profit after tax | −£2.5m | −£2.5m | −£1.8m | £65.3k |
| Profit (best available) | −£2.5m | −£2.5m | −£1.8m | £65.3k |
| Employees (average) | 17 | 16 | 10 | 7 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −102% | −93.3% | −77.3% | 2.7% |
| Gross margin | 74.1% | 64% | 64.4% | 77% |
| Revenue per employee | £145k | £168k | £239k | £346k |
| Profit per employee | −£147k | −£157k | −£185k | £9.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲9.7% | ▼11.4% | ▲1.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼5.9% | ▼37.5% | ▼30% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £50.8k | £83.9k | £237k | £456k |
| Net assets | −£9.5m | −£12m | −£13.9m | −£7.8m |
| Fixed assets | £7.7k | £2.7k | £0 | — |
| Current assets | £322k | £463k | £559k | £743k |
| Debtors | £227k | £360k | £268k | £280k |
| Deferred income | £2.4m | £1.6m | £1.3m | £1.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 77%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £346k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £9.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 49.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11.6%
- 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
- —
- Now −£7.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲93%
- Now £456k
- Headcount
- ▼30%
- Now 7
- Deferred income
- ▼7%
- Now £1.2m
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £65.3k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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