Opal Information Systems Limited
Registered name: OPAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS LIMITED
Part of Opal (UK) Holdings Limited groupOpal Information Systems Limited made £200k revenue and £179k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Opal Information Systems Limited’s revenue was £200k in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £179k profit and 3 employees. The company is classified under “other professional, scientific and technical activities” and is based in ST. Albans; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- ST. Albans, East of England
- Age
- 32 yrs · since 1994
- 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. From the filing: “The immediate and ultimate parent undertaking is OPAL (UK) Holdings Limited, a Company incorporated in England and Wales, which is the parent undertaking of the smallest and largest group to consolida”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £200k | £200k | £200k |
| Gross profit | £200k | £200k | £200k |
| Operating profit | £23k | £7k | £179k |
| Profit before tax | £23k | £7k | £179k |
| Profit after tax | £23k | £7k | £179k |
| Profit (best available) | £23k | £7k | £179k |
| Staff costs | £92k | £98k | — |
| Employees (average) | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 11.5% | 3.5% | 89.5% |
| Gross margin | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Revenue per employee | £100k | £66.7k | £66.7k |
| Profit per employee | £11.5k | £2.3k | £59.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | 0% | 0% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼69.6% | ▲2457% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲50% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1k | £6k | £1k |
| Net assets | −£2.2m | −£2.1m | −£2m |
| Current assets | £18k | £23k | £4k |
| Debtors | £17k | £17k | £3k |
| Deferred income | £12k | £12k | £19k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 89.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 100%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £66.7k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £59.7k
- 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
- 9.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.5%
- 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 −£2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼83%
- Now £1k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 3
- Deferred income
- ▲58%
- Now £19k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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
- Opal (UK) Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Opal Information Systems Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Outsourced Professional Administration LimitedRev. £8.1m · Profit £763k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit £179k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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