Clue Computing Company Limited
Registered name: CLUE COMPUTING COMPANY LIMITED
Clue Computing Company Limited made £9.5m revenue and a £380k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Clue Computing Company Limited’s revenue grew 31% to £9.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £380k and 80 employees. The company is classified under “business and domestic software development” and is based in Hengrove; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hengrove, South West
- Age
- 43 yrs · since 1983
- 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: “The ultimate controlling parties are three minority shareholders in the 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 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £5m | £7.3m | £9.5m |
| Cost of sales | — | £741k | £981k | £1.2m |
| Gross profit | — | £4.2m | £6.3m | £8.3m |
| Operating profit | — | −£2.8m | −£2.7m | £20k |
| Profit before tax | — | −£2.8m | −£2.7m | −£76k |
| Profit after tax | — | −£2.9m | −£2.5m | −£380k |
| Profit (best available) | — | −£2.9m | −£2.5m | −£380k |
| Staff costs | — | £4.8m | £6.4m | £6m |
| Employees (average) | 45 | 66 | 83 | 80 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | −59.1% | −34.9% | −4% |
| Gross margin | — | 85.1% | 86.5% | 87.5% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £75.3k | £87.5k | £119k |
| Profit per employee | — | −£44.5k | −£30.6k | −£4.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲46.3% | ▲31% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲46.7% | ▲25.8% | ▼3.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3.8m | £5.4m | £5.7m | £6.2m |
| Net assets | £2.1m | £3m | £1.2m | £3.1m |
| Fixed assets | £1.5m | £2.2m | £2.9m | £4.1m |
| Current assets | £5.3m | £8.4m | £7.6m | £8m |
| Debtors | £1.1m | £2.1m | £1.3m | £952k |
| Deferred income | — | £4m | £5.2m | £4.6m |
| Cash from operations | — | £1.1m | −£12k | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 87.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £119k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£4.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 42.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 48.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10%
- 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
- ▲153%
- Now £3.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲10%
- Now £6.2m
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 80
- Deferred income
- ▼10%
- Now £4.6m
- Fixed assets
- ▲39%
- Now £4.1m
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Clue Software LimitedFigures not disclosed
Minority corporate shareholders
- Frog European Growth Ii Lp (registered outside the UK register) 25–50%
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 −£380k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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