Accelerate Underwriting Limited
Registered name: ACCELERATE UNDERWRITING LIMITED
Part of Central Holdco Ltd groupAccelerate Underwriting Limited made £2.1m revenue and £792k profit in the year to 31 Oct 2025.
Accelerate Underwriting Limited’s revenue was £2.1m in the year to 31 Oct 2025, with £792k profit and 11 employees. The company is classified under “non-life insurance” and is based in London; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 11 yrs · since 2015
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £2.5m | £2.3m | £2.3m | £2.1m |
| Cost of sales | — | −£59.6k | −£16.7k | −£16.7k | −£6.4k |
| Gross profit | — | £2.4m | £2.3m | £2.3m | £2.1m |
| Operating profit | — | £834k | £576k | £576k | £790k |
| Profit before tax | — | £669k | £474k | £474k | £790k |
| Profit after tax | £450k | £589k | £455k | £455k | £792k |
| Profit (best available) | £450k | £589k | £455k | £455k | £792k |
| Employees (average) | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | — | 23.5% | 19.5% | 19.5% | 37.4% |
| Gross margin | — | 97.6% | 99.3% | 99.3% | 99.7% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £209k | £194k | £194k | £193k |
| Profit per employee | £41k | £49.1k | £37.9k | £37.9k | £72k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼7% | — | — |
| Profit growth | — | ▲30.7% | ▼22.7% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲9.1% | 0% | — | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £1m | £548k | — | — | — |
| Net assets | −£979k | −£390k | — | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £346k | £463k | — | — | — |
| Current assets | £1.4m | £916k | — | — | — |
| Debtors | £333k | £368k | — | — | — |
| Deferred income | £67.9k | £77k | — | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 37.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 99.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £193k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £72k
- 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
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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 —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now 11
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Central Holdco Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Central Midco Ltd75–100%
- Central Bidco Ltd75–100%
- Clear Investments (UK) Limited75–100%
- Clear Group (Holdings) Limited50–75%
- Accelerate Underwriting Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
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Minority corporate shareholders
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Oct 2025 (profit £792k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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