Aave Limited
Registered name: AAVE LIMITED
Aave Limited made £18.6m revenue and £1.1m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Aave Limited’s revenue grew 38% to £18.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.1m profit and 18 employees. The company is classified under “business and domestic software development” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 4 yrs · since 2021
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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 | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £13.5m | £18.6m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £139k | £0 |
| Gross profit | — | — | £13.4m | £18.6m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £1.6m | £1.2m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £1.6m | £1.2m |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £1.6m | £1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £1.6m | £1.1m |
| Staff costs | — | — | £5m | £5.9m |
| Employees (average) | 28 | 30 | 20 | 18 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 12.2% | 5.7% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 99% | 100% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £677k | £1m |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £82.3k | £58.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲37.6% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼36.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▼33.3% | ▼10% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £931k | £792k | £1m | £531k |
| Net assets | −£2k | £366k | £2m | £3.1m |
| Fixed assets | £34.7k | £10.7k | £149k | £49.7k |
| Current assets | £6.2m | £19.2m | £4.5m | £4.5m |
| Debtors | £5.3m | £17.7m | £3.4m | £4m |
| Source | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 100%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £58.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 21.4%
- 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
- ▲52%
- Now £3.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼49%
- Now £531k
- Headcount
- ▼10%
- Now 18
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼67%
- Now £49.7k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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