Ovationdata Limited
Registered name: OVATIONDATA LIMITED
Part of Ovationdata Group Holdings Limited groupOvationdata Limited made £4.6m revenue and £399k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Ovationdata Limited’s revenue fell 19% to £4.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £399k profit and 25 employees. The company is classified under “computer facilities management activities” and is based in Dartford; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Dartford, South East
- Age
- 39 yrs · since 1986
- 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 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £5.7m | £4.6m |
| Cost of sales | — | £3.8m | £2.2m |
| Gross profit | — | £1.9m | £2.4m |
| Operating profit | — | −£1.6m | £580k |
| Profit before tax | — | −£1.6m | £385k |
| Profit after tax | — | −£1.7m | £399k |
| Profit (best available) | — | −£1.7m | £399k |
| Employees (average) | 35 | 36 | 25 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | −29.9% | 8.7% |
| Gross margin | — | 33.1% | 51.4% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £158k | £184k |
| Profit per employee | — | −£47.4k | £16k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼19.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2.9% | ▼30.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1.3m | £504k | £409k |
| Net assets | £7.6m | £5.9m | £6.3m |
| Fixed assets | £542k | £432k | £429k |
| Current assets | £9.5m | £7.6m | £7.8m |
| Debtors | £2.8m | £1.2m | £1.5m |
| Deferred income | £714k | £316k | £376k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 51.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £184k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £16k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 9.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 8.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 33.4%
- 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
- ▲7%
- Now £6.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼19%
- Now £409k
- Headcount
- ▼31%
- Now 25
- Deferred income
- ▲19%
- Now £376k
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £429k
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
- Ovationdata Group Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Ovationdata Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
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 £399k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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