Vertical Group Limited
Registered name: VERTICAL GROUP LIMITED
Vertical Group Limited made £17.5m revenue and £152k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025. read from filing text
Vertical Group Limited’s revenue fell 6% to £17.5m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £152k profit and 75 employees. The company is classified under “business and domestic software development” and is based in Basildon; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Basildon, East of England
- Age
- 11 yrs · since 2015
- 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 | 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) | £14.3m | £17.5m | £18.7m | £17.5m |
| Cost of sales | £8.3m | £9.2m | £9m | £9.7m |
| Gross profit | £6m | £8.2m | £9.7m | £7.8m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £1m | £423k |
| Profit before tax | −£612k | −£130k | £909k | £380k |
| Profit after tax | −£610k | −£182k | £582k | £152k |
| Profit (best available) | −£610k | −£182k | £582k | £152k |
| Employees (average) | 78 | 65 | 68 | 75 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −4.3% | −1% | 3.1% | 0.9% |
| Gross margin | 41.7% | 47.1% | 51.7% | 44.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £183k | £269k | £275k | £234k |
| Profit per employee | −£7.8k | −£2.8k | £8.6k | £2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲22.3% | ▲7% | ▼6.3% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼73.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼16.7% | ▲4.6% | ▲10.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | £5.2m | £5.2m | £5.2m | £5.2m |
| Fixed assets | £5m | £5m | £5m | £5m |
| Debtors | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 44.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £234k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 28.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- ▼0%
- Now £5.2m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲10%
- Now 75
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- 0%
- Now £5m
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Notsallow 134 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 £152k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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