Performance54 Limited
Registered name: PERFORMANCE54 LIMITED
Part of Performance54 Group Limited groupPerformance54 Limited made £61.4m revenue and £1.6m profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025. read from filing text
Performance54 Limited’s revenue fell 33% to £61.4m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £1.6m profit and 123 employees. The company is classified under “advertising agencies” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 11 yrs · since 2015
- 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. From the filing: “At the balance sheet date the immediate parent company was Performance54 Group Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales with a registered office of 22 Worple Road, London, SW19 4DD.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 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) | £56.7m | £128m | £91.4m | £61.4m |
| Cost of sales | £43.2m | £113m | £74.2m | £50m |
| Gross profit | £13.5m | £14.9m | £17.2m | £11.4m |
| Operating profit | £1.7m | £428k | £4.3m | −£2.7m |
| Profit before tax | £1.9m | £1.1m | £5.6m | £1.2m |
| Profit after tax | £1.6m | £1.1m | £4.5m | £1.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.6m | £1.1m | £4.5m | £1.6m |
| Staff costs | £4.9m | £9.9m | £9.3m | £9.5m |
| Employees (average) | 48 | 68 | 100 | 123 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.8% | 0.9% | 5% | 2.6% |
| Gross margin | 23.8% | 11.6% | 18.8% | 18.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.2m | £1.9m | £914k | £499k |
| Profit per employee | £32.8k | £16.8k | £45.2k | £12.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼28.6% | ▼32.9% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲296.5% | ▼64.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▲47.1% | ▲23% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £18.5m | £14.6m | £11.9m | £8.2m |
| Net assets | £1.4m | £2.5m | £2.5m | £1.6m |
| Fixed assets | £191k | £329k | £503k | £1.7m |
| Current assets | £31.4m | £64m | £31.5m | £36.4m |
| Debtors | £4.6m | £28.4m | £10.3m | £17.5m |
| Deferred income | £21.1m | £40.3m | £21.7m | £21.8m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 18.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £499k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £12.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 35.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 28.5%
- 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
- ▼35%
- Now £1.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼31%
- Now £8.2m
- Headcount
- ▲23%
- Now 123
- Deferred income
- ▲0%
- Now £21.8m
- Fixed assets
- ▲230%
- Now £1.7m
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
- Performance54 Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Performance54 Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (7)
- Behind the Volt LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Entourage Sports Technology LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Red Door Events 54 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sportgate International LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Super Series Padel LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Team Voxa LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The Mob Film Company (North) LimitedFigures 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 30 Apr 2025 (profit £1.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 12 Oct 2026
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