Rovop Limited
Registered name: ROVOP LIMITED
Part of Rovop Holdings Limited groupRovop Limited made £54.4m revenue and £11.6m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Rovop Limited’s revenue was £54.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £11.6m profit and 311 employees. The company is classified under “other professional, scientific and technical activities” and is based in Aberdeen; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Aberdeen, Scotland
- Age
- 15 yrs · since 2011
- 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. From the filing: “ROVOP Group Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £37m | £46.2m | £53.7m | £54.4m |
| Cost of sales | £29.5m | £34.1m | £40.7m | £36.4m |
| Gross profit | £7.4m | £12.1m | £13m | £18m |
| Operating profit | £2.3m | £6.4m | £6.1m | £11.2m |
| Profit before tax | −£534k | £1.9m | £3.1m | £13.3m |
| Profit after tax | −£943k | £399k | £3.1m | £11.6m |
| Profit (best available) | −£943k | £399k | £3.1m | £11.6m |
| Staff costs | £17.5m | £20m | £24.7m | £22.3m |
| Employees (average) | 207 | 231 | 272 | 311 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −2.5% | 0.9% | 5.8% | 21.3% |
| Gross margin | 20.1% | 26.1% | 24.3% | 33.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £179k | £200k | £198k | £175k |
| Profit per employee | −£4.6k | £1.7k | £11.5k | £37.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲25% | ▲16.3% | — |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲682.7% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲11.6% | ▲17.8% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.4m | £8m | £9.3m | £12.4m |
| Net assets | £8.7m | £9.1m | £12.2m | £23.8m |
| Fixed assets | £4m | £3.3m | £2.9m | £2.8m |
| Current assets | £28.6m | £35.4m | £38.8m | £43.8m |
| Debtors | £8.8m | £9.2m | £10.8m | £12.8m |
| Deferred income | £2m | £2.1m | £2.1m | £1.8m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 21.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 33.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £175k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £37.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 23.5%
- 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
- —
- Now £23.8m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £12.4m
- Headcount
- —
- Now 311
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £1.8m
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £2.8m
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
- Rovop Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Rovop Midco Limited75–100%
- Rovop Group Limited75–100%
- Rovop Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (4)
- Rovop Assets 2 LimitedRev. £1m · Profit £405k
- Rovop Assets 3 LimitedRev. — · Profit £43.3k
- Rovop Assets 4 LimitedRev. — · Profit £406k
- Rovop Assets LimitedRev. — · Profit £1.8m
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 2024 (profit £11.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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