Netsupport Ltd.
Registered name: NETSUPPORT LTD.
Part of 4a Investments (Jersey) Ltd groupNetsupport Ltd. made £8.9m revenue and £1.1m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Netsupport Ltd.’s revenue grew 3% to £8.9m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £1.1m profit and 109 employees. The company is classified under “business and domestic software development” and is based in Peterborough; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Peterborough, East of England
- 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £8.7m | £8.9m |
| Cost of sales | £110k | £141k | £140k | £155k |
| Gross profit | — | — | £8.5m | £8.8m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £711k | £314k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £784k | £446k |
| Profit after tax | £943k | −£227k | £1.3m | £1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £943k | −£227k | £1.3m | £1.1m |
| Staff costs | £3.4m | £3.4m | £3.9m | £6.2m |
| Employees (average) | 69 | 67 | 72 | 109 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 15.1% | 12.1% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 98.4% | 98.3% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £120k | £81.7k |
| Profit per employee | £13.7k | −£3.4k | £18.2k | £9.9k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | 42.9% | 111.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲2.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼124% | — | ▼18% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2.9% | ▲7.5% | ▲51.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.1m | £1.6m | £2.6m | £3.7m |
| Net assets | £6.3m | £6.1m | £7.4m | £8.5m |
| Fixed assets | £4.1m | £4.1m | £4m | £4m |
| Current assets | £2.8m | £2.7m | £4.1m | £5.2m |
| Debtors | £127k | £188k | £239k | £383k |
| Deferred income | £101k | £96.4k | £112k | £78.4k |
| Cash from operations | −£8.8k | £387k | £305k | £351k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 12.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 98.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £81.7k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £9.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 111.7%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 45%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 4.3%
- 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
- ▲14%
- Now £8.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲38%
- Now £3.7m
- Headcount
- ▲51%
- Now 109
- Deferred income
- ▼30%
- Now £78.4k
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £4m
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
- 4a Investments (Jersey) Ltd (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Netsupport Ltd.this company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Powerweb Multimedia 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 31 Mar 2025 (profit £1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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