Ahead UK Solutions Limited
Registered name: AHEAD UK SOLUTIONS LIMITED
Ahead UK Solutions Limited made £28.4m revenue and £1.8m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Ahead UK Solutions Limited’s revenue grew 9% to £28.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.8m profit and 17 employees. The company is classified under “information technology consultancy activities” and is based in Wokingham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Wokingham, South East
- Age
- 6 yrs · since 2019
- 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 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £27.2m | £26m | £28.4m |
| Cost of sales | — | −£20.5m | −£20m | −£22.6m |
| Gross profit | — | £6.7m | £6m | £5.8m |
| Operating profit | — | £2.8m | £2.3m | £2m |
| Profit before tax | — | £2.7m | £2.3m | £2m |
| Profit after tax | £580k | £1.8m | £1.8m | £1.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £580k | £1.8m | £1.8m | £1.8m |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 | 14 | 17 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 6.5% | 6.8% | 6.2% |
| Gross margin | — | 24.6% | 23.1% | 20.4% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £1.9m | £1.7m |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £126k | £103k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼4.4% | ▲9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲205.7% | ▼0.9% | ▼0.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | — | ▲21.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3.6m | £1.8m | — | — |
| Net assets | £762k | £2.5m | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £32.8k | £51.7k | — | — |
| Current assets | £11m | £12m | — | — |
| Debtors | £5.6m | £6.4m | — | — |
| Deferred income | £2.2m | £2.9m | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 20.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.7m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £103k
- 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
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲21%
- Now 17
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £1.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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