IT @ Spectrum Limited
Registered name: IT @ SPECTRUM LIMITED
Part of Dellstrong Limited groupIT @ Spectrum Limited made £10.9m revenue and £1.1m profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
IT @ Spectrum Limited’s revenue grew 22% to £10.9m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £1.1m profit and 66 employees. The company is classified under “information technology consultancy activities” and is based in Hull; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hull, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 41 yrs · since 1985
- 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 | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £8.9m | £10.9m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £4.3m | £5.2m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £4.7m | £5.7m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £655k | £1.3m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £671k | £1.3m |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £485k | £1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £485k | £1.1m |
| Staff costs | — | — | £3.3m | £3.5m |
| Employees (average) | 58 | 69 | 66 | 66 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 5.4% | 9.9% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 52.2% | 52.5% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £135k | £165k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £7.3k | £16.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲22.1% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲122.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲19% | ▼4.3% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £928k | £935k | £1.4m | £821k |
| Net assets | £1.9m | £2m | £2.4m | £3.5m |
| Fixed assets | £407k | £577k | £2.5m | £3.4m |
| Current assets | £4m | £4.5m | £7.7m | £5.1m |
| Debtors | £1.1m | £1.3m | £1.3m | £1.2m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 9.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 52.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £165k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £16.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 30.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11.1%
- 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
- ▲44%
- Now £3.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼41%
- Now £821k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 66
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲33%
- Now £3.4m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Dellstrong Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Spectrum Workplace Technology Group Limited75–100%
- IT @ Spectrum Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (5)
- Carter Business Systems LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Digitech Business Equipment LtdFigures not disclosed
- It@spectrum North East LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Its Shelfco LtdFigures not disclosed
- Spectrum Rentals 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 30 Apr 2025 (profit £1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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