Computer Systems for Distribution Limited
Registered name: COMPUTER SYSTEMS FOR DISTRIBUTION LIMITED
Part of Bid Corporation Limited groupComputer Systems for Distribution Limited made £2.1m revenue and £128k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Computer Systems for Distribution Limited’s revenue was £2.1m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £128k profit. The company is classified under “information technology consultancy activities” and is based in Slough; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Slough, South East
- Age
- 37 yrs · since 1989
- 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 Jul 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 31 Jul 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | No P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £1.8m | — | £2.1m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | −£75.8k | — | −£196k |
| Gross profit | — | — | £1.7m | — | £1.9m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £666k | — | £199k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £666k | — | £199k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £484k | — | £128k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £484k | — | £128k |
| Employees (average) | 12 | 14 | — | 16 | — |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 27.5% | — | 6% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 95.7% | — | 90.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Headcount growth | — | ▲16.7% | — | ▲14.3% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £332k | £627k | — | £734k | — |
| Net assets | £1.8m | £2.2m | — | £2.5m | — |
| Fixed assets | £18.7k | £23.7k | — | £21.5k | — |
| Current assets | £2.5m | £2.9m | — | £3.2m | — |
| Debtors | £145k | £310k | — | £415k | — |
| Deferred income | £190k | £251k | — | £304k | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 90.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
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- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
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- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
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- 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
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- Headcount
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- Deferred income
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- Fixed assets
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- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Bid Corporation Limited (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Bidcorp (UK) Limited75–100%
- Computer Systems for Distribution Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (5)
- Caterfood Holdings LimitedRev. £206k · Profit £5.2m
- BFS Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bidcorp Manufacturing LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bidfresh LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Snowdon & Bridge LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit £128k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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