The Open Group Limited
Registered name: THE OPEN GROUP LIMITED
The Open Group Limited made £4.2m revenue and £326k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
The Open Group Limited’s revenue was £4.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £326k profit and 30 employees. The company is classified under “information technology consultancy activities” and is based in Reading; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Reading, South East
- Age
- 39 yrs · since 1987
- Type
- Private Limited 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 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £3.6m | £4.2m | £4.2m |
| Cost of sales | −£325k | −£513k | −£543k |
| Gross profit | £3.2m | £3.7m | £3.7m |
| Operating profit | £23k | £468k | £350k |
| Profit before tax | £152k | £536k | £383k |
| Profit after tax | £156k | £532k | £326k |
| Profit (best available) | £156k | £532k | £326k |
| Employees (average) | 29 | 30 | 30 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 4.4% | 12.5% | 7.7% |
| Gross margin | 90.9% | 87.9% | 87.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £123k | £142k | £141k |
| Profit per employee | £5.4k | £17.7k | £10.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲19.3% | ▼0% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲241% | ▼38.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3.5% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 87.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £141k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £10.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 30
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £326k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 12 Oct 2026
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