Goat Solutions Ltd
Registered name: GOAT SOLUTIONS LTD
Part of Wpp Plc groupGoat Solutions Ltd made £28.2m revenue and £4.8m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Goat Solutions Ltd’s revenue fell 5% to £28.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £4.8m profit and 179 employees. The company is classified under “other publishing activities” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 11 yrs · since 2014
- 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 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £29.6m | £28.2m |
| Cost of sales | £18m | £18.2m |
| Gross profit | £11.6m | £10m |
| Operating profit | £4.3m | £3.7m |
| Profit before tax | £5m | £4.7m |
| Profit after tax | £5.2m | £4.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £5.2m | £4.8m |
| Staff costs | £11.3m | £12.2m |
| Employees (average) | 166 | 179 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 17.5% | 16.9% |
| Gross margin | 39.3% | 35.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £178k | £157k |
| Profit per employee | £31.2k | £26.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼4.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼7.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £745k | £49k |
| Net assets | £27m | £31.8m |
| Fixed assets | £742k | £610k |
| Current assets | £42m | £48m |
| Debtors | £7.2m | £6.8m |
| Deferred income | £4.7m | £5.8m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 16.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 35.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £157k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £26.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 20.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 24%
- 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 £31.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▼93%
- Now £49k
- Headcount
- ▲8%
- Now 179
- Deferred income
- ▲23%
- Now £5.8m
- Fixed assets
- ▼18%
- Now £610k
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
- Wpp Plc (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- WPP Jubilee Limited75–100%
- WPP MR Overseas Media Holdings Limited75–100%
- WPP 2005 Limited75–100%
- WPP Group (UK) Ltd75–100%
- Goat Solutions Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
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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 2025 (profit £4.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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