PAX8 UK Limited
Registered name: PAX8 UK LIMITED
PAX8 UK Limited made £131m revenue and a £7.4m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024. read from filing text
PAX8 UK Limited’s revenue grew 58% to £131m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £7.4m and 204 employees. The company is classified under “management consultancy activities other than financial management” and is based in Bristol; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bristol, South West
- Age
- 7 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 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | £12.8m | £42.5m | £82.8m | £131m |
| Cost of sales | £9.9m | £36.1m | £71.4m | £112m |
| Gross profit | £3m | £6.5m | £11.4m | £19.5m |
| Operating profit | −£5.7m | −£13.1m | −£12.2m | −£7.3m |
| Profit before tax | −£5.8m | −£13.2m | −£12.4m | −£7.4m |
| Profit after tax | −£5.8m | −£13.1m | −£12.4m | −£7.4m |
| Profit (best available) | −£5.8m | −£13.1m | −£12.4m | −£7.4m |
| Employees (average) | 77 | 181 | 175 | 204 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −45.2% | −30.9% | −14.9% | −5.6% |
| Gross margin | 23% | 15.2% | 13.8% | 14.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £167k | £235k | £473k | £642k |
| Profit per employee | −£75.5k | −£72.6k | −£70.7k | −£36.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲231.2% | ▲94.5% | ▲58.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲135.1% | ▼3.3% | ▲16.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.6m | £4m | £10.4m | £14.8m |
| Net assets | −£5.4m | −£18.1m | −£30.1m | −£36.7m |
| Fixed assets | £6.9m | £8.5m | £8.6m | £9.9m |
| Current assets | £2.8m | £11m | £20.5m | £30.9m |
| Debtors | £321k | £1.8m | £3.8m | £5.2m |
| Deferred income | £328k | £4.3m | £6.5m | £10.8m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −5.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 14.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £642k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£36.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 7.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 8.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 4%
- 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
- —
- Now −£36.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲43%
- Now £14.8m
- Headcount
- ▲17%
- Now 204
- Deferred income
- ▲67%
- Now £10.8m
- Fixed assets
- ▲15%
- Now £9.9m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Wirehive LimitedRev. £100m · Profit −£90.7k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit −£7.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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