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Company No. 10556810 · Incorporated 10 Jan 2017

VX Fiber Limited

Registered name: VX FIBER LIMITED

Part of Aviva Group Holdings Limited group

VX 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”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2023

Key figures

Doing more with less
Revenue
£4.6m
Growth ▲155.1%
Profit
−£12.3m
Growth —
Profit margin
−265.9%
Gross 75%
Employees
116
Change ▼0.9%
Profit / employee
−£106k
Revenue/employee £39.8k
Profitable streak
0yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

2 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202231 Dec 2023
DisclosureFull P&LFull 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)117116
Ratios
Profit margin−331.3%−265.9%
Gross margin44.4%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
SourceAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024Accounts · bulk data Jun 2024
Derived from the latest filing

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.
Indirect — not revenue

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.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Aviva Group Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Aviva Investors Holdings Limited75–100%
  3. Aviva Investors Real Estate Limited75–100%
  4. Aviva Investors Infrastructure GP Limited50–75%
  5. Aviva Investors Infrastructure Income No.6a1 Limited50–75%
  6. Aviva Investors Infrastructure Income NO.6 Limited75–100%
  7. Truespeed Holdings Limited75–100%
  8. Truespeed Communications Group Limited50–75%
  9. Freedom Holdco 2 Limited75–100%
  10. Freedom Fibre Limited75–100%
  11. VX Fiber Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Sister companies (1)

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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