Aker Systems Limited
Registered name: AKER SYSTEMS LIMITED
Part of Abry Nebula Aggregator Limited groupAker Systems Limited made £22.1m revenue and £1.7m profit in the year to 31 May 2025. read from filing text
Aker Systems Limited’s revenue fell 10% to £22.1m in the year to 31 May 2025, with £1.7m profit and 0 employees. The company is classified under “other information technology service activities” and is based in Bicester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bicester, South East
- Age
- 10 yrs · since 2016
- 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 immediate parent undertaking of Aker Systems Limited is Ensco 1366 Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales. Its registered office is 25a Market Square, Bicester, Oxfordshire, OX26 6AD”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 May 2022 | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £25.5m | £28.8m | £24.6m | £22.1m |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £1.5m |
| Profit before tax | £3.6m | £4.9m | £2.9m | £1.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.6m | £4.9m | £2.9m | £1.7m |
| Staff costs | £4.2m | £4.3m | −£76.3k | — |
| Employees (average) | 36 | 50 | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 14.2% | 17.2% | 11.8% | 7.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £709k | £576k | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £101k | £99k | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲12.9% | ▼14.7% | ▼10% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲36.7% | ▼41.3% | ▼42.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲38.9% | ▼100% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £5.8m | £7.7m | £7.8m | £7.3m |
| Net assets | £6m | £10.5m | £5.9m | £4.3m |
| Deferred income | £325k | £0 | £0 | £2k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- 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
- 0%
- 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
- ▼26%
- Now £4.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼7%
- Now £7.3m
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £2k
- 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
- Abry Nebula Aggregator Limitedultimate parent50–75%
- Nebula Topco Limited75–100%
- Nebula Midco 1 Limited75–100%
- Nebula Midco 2 Limited75–100%
- Nebula Bidco Limited75–100%
- Ensco 1366 Limited75–100%
- Aker Systems Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 May 2025 (profit £1.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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