VX Fiber Limited
Registered name: VX FIBER LIMITED
Part of Aviva Group Holdings Limited groupVX Fiber Limited made £4.6m revenue and a £12.3m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2023.
VX Fiber Limited’s revenue grew 155% to £4.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2023, with a loss of £12.3m and 116 employees. The company is classified under “computer facilities management activities” and is based in Manchester; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Manchester, North West
- Age
- 9 yrs · since 2017
- Type
- Private Limited Company
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: “VX Fiber Holding 2 AB”
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.8m | £4.6m |
| Cost of sales | £1m | £1.2m |
| Gross profit | £804k | £3.5m |
| Operating profit | −£9.8m | −£11.3m |
| Profit before tax | −£10.2m | −£12.3m |
| Profit after tax | −£6m | −£12.3m |
| Profit (best available) | −£6m | −£12.3m |
| Staff costs | £2.8m | £3.1m |
| Employees (average) | 117 | 116 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −331.3% | −265.9% |
| Gross margin | 44.4% | 75% |
| Revenue per employee | £15.5k | £39.8k |
| Profit per employee | −£51.3k | −£106k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲155.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼0.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £383k | £143k |
| Net assets | £112m | £100m |
| Fixed assets | £132m | £142m |
| Current assets | £4.2m | £3.8m |
| Debtors | £764k | £231k |
| Deferred income | £149k | £703k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −265.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 75%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £39.8k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£106k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3062%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 15.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 5%
- 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
- ▼11%
- Now £100m
- Cash at bank
- ▼63%
- Now £143k
- Headcount
- ▼1%
- Now 116
- Deferred income
- ▲373%
- Now £703k
- Fixed assets
- ▲7%
- Now £142m
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
- Aviva Group Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Aviva Investors Holdings Limited75–100%
- Aviva Investors Real Estate Limited75–100%
- Aviva Investors Infrastructure GP Limited50–75%
- Aviva Investors Infrastructure Income No.6a1 Limited50–75%
- Aviva Investors Infrastructure Income NO.6 Limited75–100%
- Truespeed Holdings Limited75–100%
- Truespeed Communications Group Limited50–75%
- Freedom Holdco 2 Limited75–100%
- Freedom Fibre Limited75–100%
- VX Fiber Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Lilaconnect LimitedRev. £5.6m · Profit −£5.3m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2023 (profit −£12.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 12 Oct 2026
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