62. Academia

Key points

Revenue: £60.1m (+26%)

Net profit: 0.7%

Staff: 103

Concerned that its brand name implies that it sells only to schools, this education specialist launched a new unit - Atama - this April in order to target the commercial space. The London-based Apple, Jamf, HP and Microsoft partner enjoyed a barnstorming year to 30 June 2018, as revenues rocketed by 26 per cent and a net loss of £70,000 last year was reversed to a profit of £399,000. In October 2018 it invested in fellow schools IT supplier Vital York.