60 Academia
Revenue: £70m (+3%)
Net profit: 1.2% Staff: 114
Having sold a majority stake to former Annodata boss Andrew Harman in September, this education-focused Apple reseller has pledged to make multiple acquisitions to thrust its revenues beyond £100m. Academia CEO Mike Bacon and chief commercial officer Mark McCormack retain the remaining 25 per cent slice, and have stayed on in their roles. Recently filed accounts for calendar 2019 show a net profit of £648,000 on revenues of £70m.
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