Aonic Publishing Ltd
Registered name: AONIC PUBLISHING LTD
Part of Aonic UK Ltd groupAonic Publishing Ltd made £5m revenue and £147k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Aonic Publishing Ltd’s revenue grew 113% to £5m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £147k profit and 34 employees. The company is classified under “publishing of computer games” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 3 yrs · since 2022
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently.
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) | £84.9k | £2.4m | £5m |
| Cost of sales | £4.1k | £213k | £63.8k |
| Gross profit | £80.8k | £2.2m | £5m |
| Operating profit | £647k | £2.5m | £225k |
| Profit before tax | £658k | £2.6m | £183k |
| Profit after tax | £493k | £1.9m | £147k |
| Profit (best available) | £493k | £1.9m | £147k |
| Employees (average) | 3 | 11 | 34 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 581.2% | 81.3% | 2.9% |
| Gross margin | 95.2% | 91% | 98.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £28.3k | £215k | £148k |
| Profit per employee | £164k | £175k | £4.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲112.9% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼92.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▲209.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £223k | £111k | £307k |
| Net assets | £493k | £2.4m | £2.3m |
| Fixed assets | £12.5k | £60.6k | £143k |
| Current assets | £250k | £515k | £914k |
| Debtors | £14k | £331k | £300k |
| Deferred income | £16k | £146k | £226k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 98.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £148k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 5.9%
- 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
- ▼6%
- Now £2.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲178%
- Now £307k
- Headcount
- ▲209%
- Now 34
- Deferred income
- ▲55%
- Now £226k
- Fixed assets
- ▲136%
- Now £143k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Aonic UK Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Aonic Publishing Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Milky Tea LimitedFigures not disclosed
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 2025 (profit £147k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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