Astound Commerce Ltd.
Registered name: ASTOUND COMMERCE LTD.
Astound Commerce Ltd. made £13m revenue and a £115k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Astound Commerce Ltd.’s revenue fell 31% to £13m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £115k and 34 employees. The company is classified under “business and domestic software development” 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 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £34.4m | £27.3m | £18.9m | £13m |
| Cost of sales | £29m | £21.8m | £14m | £10.3m |
| Gross profit | £5.4m | £5.5m | £4.8m | £2.7m |
| Operating profit | −£1.6m | £410k | £325k | −£109k |
| Profit before tax | −£1.6m | £410k | £325k | −£96.6k |
| Profit after tax | −£1.3m | £260k | £61.9k | −£115k |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.3m | £260k | £61.9k | −£115k |
| Staff costs | £8.4m | £6.8m | £5.1m | £4.4m |
| Employees (average) | 81 | 63 | 42 | 34 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −3.8% | 0.9% | 0.3% | −0.9% |
| Gross margin | 15.7% | 20.3% | 25.6% | 21% |
| Revenue per employee | £425k | £433k | £449k | £384k |
| Profit per employee | −£16.1k | £4.1k | £1.5k | −£3.4k |
| Cash conversion | — | 187% | 276.2% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼20.8% | ▼30.9% | ▼30.8% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼76.1% | ▼285.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼22.2% | ▼33.3% | ▼19.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.8m | £2.6m | £3.5m | £2.1m |
| Net assets | £8.9m | £9.2m | £9.2m | £9.1m |
| Fixed assets | £171k | £78.9k | £10.3k | £7.6k |
| Current assets | £15.9m | £12.3m | £10.7m | £10.8m |
| Debtors | £4.9m | £2.9m | £2.6m | £2.5m |
| Deferred income | £497k | £480k | £425k | £670k |
| Cash from operations | −£2.1m | £767k | £897k | −£1.4m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 21%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £384k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£3.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 5.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 18.9%
- 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 £9.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼41%
- Now £2.1m
- Headcount
- ▼19%
- Now 34
- Deferred income
- ▲58%
- Now £670k
- Fixed assets
- ▼26%
- Now £7.6k
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 2025 (profit −£115k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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