Deepl UK Ltd.
Registered name: DEEPL UK LTD.
Deepl UK Ltd. made £43.9m revenue and a £1.1m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Deepl UK Ltd.’s revenue grew 176% to £43.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £1.1m and 170 employees. The company is classified under “business and domestic software development” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 5 yrs · since 2020
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £15.9m | £43.9m |
| Cost of sales | — | £1.3m | £2.8m |
| Gross profit | — | £14.6m | £41.1m |
| Operating profit | — | £1.1m | £2.9m |
| Profit before tax | — | £1m | £2.9m |
| Profit after tax | £185k | £593k | −£1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £185k | £593k | −£1.1m |
| Staff costs | — | £7.8m | £20.1m |
| Employees (average) | 24 | 78 | 170 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | 3.7% | −2.6% |
| Gross margin | — | 91.8% | 93.7% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £204k | £258k |
| Profit per employee | £7.7k | £7.6k | −£6.7k |
| Cash conversion | — | 41% | 32% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲175.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲220.5% | ▼292.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲225% | ▲118% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £96.3k | £299k | £1m |
| Net assets | £279k | £872k | £15.8m |
| Fixed assets | £126k | £251k | £259k |
| Current assets | £995k | £3.1m | £25m |
| Debtors | £898k | £2.8m | £23.9m |
| Deferred income | £112k | £760k | £3.6m |
| Cash from operations | — | £435k | £919k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −2.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 93.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £258k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£6.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 32%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 8.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 54.5%
- 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
- ▲1717%
- Now £15.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲249%
- Now £1m
- Headcount
- ▲118%
- Now 170
- Deferred income
- ▲369%
- Now £3.6m
- Fixed assets
- ▲3%
- Now £259k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit −£1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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