Activate Group Limited
Registered name: ACTIVATE GROUP LIMITED
Part of Elysian Capital LLP groupActivate Group Limited made £2.3m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2023 (revenue not disclosed).
Activate Group Limited reported £2.3m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2023, up 51% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 416 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Halifax; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Halifax, Yorkshire and The Humber
- 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. From the filing: “The company's parent company is”
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — |
| Cost of sales | £222m | £245m |
| Profit after tax | £1.5m | £2.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.5m | £2.3m |
| Staff costs | £4m | £5.2m |
| Employees (average) | 341 | 416 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £4.5k | £5.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Profit growth | — | ▲50.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲22% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £40.4k | £87.1k |
| Net assets | £301k | £303k |
| Fixed assets | £6.6m | £6.7m |
| Current assets | £6.6m | £7.9m |
| Debtors | £114k | £869k |
| Deferred income | £406k | £565k |
| Cash from operations | −£2.2m | −£699k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.6k
- 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
- ▲1%
- Now £303k
- Cash at bank
- ▲115%
- Now £87.1k
- Headcount
- ▲22%
- Now 416
- Deferred income
- ▲39%
- Now £565k
- Fixed assets
- ▲1%
- Now £6.7m
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
- Elysian Capital LLPultimate parent75–100%
- Elysian Capital GP III (Scotland) Limited50–75%
- Elysian Capital GP III LLP75–100%
- Activate Group Holdings Limited75–100%
- Silvact Midco Limited75–100%
- Silvact Bidco Limited75–100%
- Activate Group Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (3)
- Sopp and Sopp LimitedRev. £64.8m · Profit £376k
- Motor Repair Network LtdRev. £36.3m · Profit £549k
- Activate Parts LimitedRev. £12.9m · Profit −£6.6k
Sister companies (4)
- Activate Accident Repair Group LimitedRev. £42.5m · Profit £1.6m
- Avant Consult LtdFigures not disclosed
- Fleetscout LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Onyx Repair Innovations LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2023 (profit £2.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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