Eight Advisory UK Limited
Registered name: EIGHT ADVISORY UK LIMITED
Eight Advisory UK Limited made £21.1m revenue and £1.9m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024. read from filing text
Eight Advisory UK Limited’s revenue grew 19% to £21.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £1.9m profit and 74 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” 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
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £17.1m | £17.8m | £21.1m |
| Cost of sales | — | £9.1m | £12.5m | £14.4m |
| Gross profit | — | £7.9m | £5.3m | £6.7m |
| Operating profit | — | £5.9m | £2.7m | £2.5m |
| Profit before tax | — | £5.9m | £2.7m | £2.6m |
| Profit after tax | — | £4.8m | £2m | £1.9m |
| Profit (best available) | — | £4.8m | £2m | £1.9m |
| Staff costs | — | £6.2m | £10.7m | £12.2m |
| Employees (average) | 33 | 51 | 61 | 74 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 28.2% | 11.4% | 8.9% |
| Gross margin | — | 46.6% | 29.8% | 31.6% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £334k | £291k | £285k |
| Profit per employee | — | £94.2k | £33.2k | £25.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲4.1% | ▲18.8% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼57.8% | ▼6.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲54.5% | ▲19.6% | ▲21.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.4m | £1.3m | £600k | £2.3m |
| Net assets | £4m | £4.8m | £6.9m | £6.5m |
| Fixed assets | £252k | £1.3m | £1.3m | £1.1m |
| Current assets | £6.8m | £14.3m | £14.8m | £16.3m |
| Debtors | £1.6m | £2.8m | £3.9m | £3.3m |
| Deferred income | — | £0 | £512k | £3.8m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 31.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £285k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £25.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 18.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 15.6%
- 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 £6.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲277%
- Now £2.3m
- Headcount
- ▲21%
- Now 74
- Deferred income
- ▲648%
- Now £3.8m
- Fixed assets
- ▼12%
- Now £1.1m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £1.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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