Essentially Group Limited
Registered name: ESSENTIALLY GROUP LIMITED
Essentially Group Limited made £3.6m revenue and a £397k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Essentially Group Limited’s revenue grew 47% to £3.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £397k and 36 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Borehamwood; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Borehamwood, East of England
- Age
- 4 yrs · since 2022
- 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 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.6m | £2.5m | £3.6m |
| Cost of sales | £810k | £1.4m | £2.4m |
| Gross profit | £782k | £1.1m | £1.2m |
| Operating profit | −£828k | −£482k | −£193k |
| Profit before tax | −£960k | −£654k | −£397k |
| Profit after tax | −£960k | −£654k | −£397k |
| Profit (best available) | −£960k | −£654k | −£397k |
| Employees (average) | 22 | 36 | 36 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −60.3% | −26.5% | −10.9% |
| Gross margin | 49.1% | 42.6% | 34.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £72.4k | £68.5k | £101k |
| Profit per employee | −£43.6k | −£18.2k | −£11k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲47.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £301k | £49.4k | £71k |
| Net assets | −£1.9m | −£743k | £531k |
| Fixed assets | £828k | £3.1m | £2.8m |
| Current assets | £710k | £838k | £1.1m |
| Debtors | £377k | £702k | £915k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −10.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 34.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £101k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£11k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 75.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 25.2%
- 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 £531k
- Cash at bank
- ▲44%
- Now £71k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 36
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼11%
- Now £2.8m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£397k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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