Xalient Holdings Limited
Registered name: XALIENT HOLDINGS LIMITED
Part of Volpi Capital LLP groupXalient Holdings Limited made £85m revenue and £2.9m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Xalient Holdings Limited’s revenue grew 63% to £85m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £2.9m profit and 325 employees. The company is classified under “other information technology service activities” and is based in Altrincham; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Altrincham, North West
- 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 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £52.2m | £85m |
| Cost of sales | £27m | £42.6m |
| Gross profit | £25.1m | £42.4m |
| Operating profit | £1.3m | £1.8m |
| Profit after tax | £1.3m | £2.9m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.3m | £2.9m |
| Staff costs | £17.8m | £31.7m |
| Employees (average) | 215 | 325 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 2.5% | 3.4% |
| Gross margin | 48.1% | 49.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £243k | £262k |
| Profit per employee | £6.1k | £8.9k |
| Cash conversion | −159.1% | −165.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲62.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲121.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲51.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £4.5m | £427k |
| Net assets | £47.4m | £44.5m |
| Current assets | £50.4m | £39.9m |
| Debtors | £7.5m | £4.6m |
| Deferred income | £8.3m | £3.9m |
| Cash from operations | −£2.1m | −£3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 49.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £262k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £8.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −165.6%
- 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
- 4.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 5.4%
- 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
- ▼6%
- Now £44.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼91%
- Now £427k
- Headcount
- ▲51%
- Now 325
- Deferred income
- ▼53%
- Now £3.9m
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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
- Volpi Capital LLPultimate parent50–75%
- Pcarbon Topco Limited75–100%
- Pcarbon Bidco Limited75–100%
- Xalient Holdings Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Xalient LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Xalientglobal 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 31 Dec 2024 (profit £2.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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