Reactive Systems Ltd
Registered name: REACTIVE SYSTEMS LTD
Reactive Systems Ltd made £23.9m revenue and £271k profit in the year to 31 Jan 2025.
Reactive Systems Ltd’s revenue grew 11% to £23.9m in the year to 31 Jan 2025, with £271k profit and 19 employees. The company is classified under “non-specialised wholesale trade” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 8 yrs · since 2018
- 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 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15m | £21.5m | £23.9m |
| Cost of sales | £13.6m | £21m | £23.3m |
| Gross profit | £1.3m | £519k | £619k |
| Operating profit | £488k | £258k | £271k |
| Profit before tax | £488k | £258k | £271k |
| Profit after tax | £488k | £258k | £271k |
| Profit (best available) | £488k | £258k | £271k |
| Employees (average) | 11 | 17 | 19 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 3.3% | 1.2% | 1.1% |
| Gross margin | 9% | 2.4% | 2.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.4m | £1.3m | £1.3m |
| Profit per employee | £44.3k | £15.2k | £14.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲43.6% | ▲11.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼47.1% | ▲5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲54.5% | ▲11.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £956k | £557k | £231k |
| Net assets | £747k | £1.4m | £1.6m |
| Fixed assets | £459k | £1.4m | £1.5m |
| Current assets | £993k | £917k | £785k |
| Debtors | £18.9k | £159k | £321k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 2.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.3m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £14.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 6.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.3%
- 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
- ▲10%
- Now £1.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼59%
- Now £231k
- Headcount
- ▲12%
- Now 19
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲14%
- Now £1.5m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jan 2025 (profit £271k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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