Openbet Limited
Registered name: OPENBET LIMITED
Part of Openbet Technologies Limited groupOpenbet Limited made £59.1m revenue and £238k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024. read from filing text
Openbet Limited’s revenue grew 8% to £59.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £238k profit and 259 employees. The company is classified under “business and domestic software development” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 30 yrs · since 1995
- 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 | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £42.6m | £54.8m | £59.1m |
| Cost of sales | £5.2m | £4.7m | £5.8m |
| Gross profit | £37.4m | £50.1m | £53.3m |
| Operating profit | −£40.1m | −£13.5m | £561k |
| Profit before tax | −£39.6m | −£13.4m | £238k |
| Profit after tax | −£34.1m | −£19.3m | £238k |
| Profit (best available) | −£34.1m | −£19.3m | £238k |
| Staff costs | £24.8m | £24.4m | £22.5m |
| Employees (average) | 299 | 319 | 259 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −80% | −35.3% | 0.4% |
| Gross margin | 87.9% | 91.4% | 90.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £142k | £172k | £228k |
| Profit per employee | −£114k | −£60.7k | £919 |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲28.6% | ▲7.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.7% | ▼18.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £2.7m | £12m | £8.2m |
| Net assets | £188m | £170m | £173m |
| Fixed assets | £65.3m | £85.1m | £90.4m |
| Current assets | £143m | £145m | £154m |
| Debtors | £7.3m | £5.6m | £4.3m |
| Deferred income | £4.4m | £3m | £5.5m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 90.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £228k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £919
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 153%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 9.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.3%
- 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
- ▲1%
- Now £173m
- Cash at bank
- ▼31%
- Now £8.2m
- Headcount
- ▼19%
- Now 259
- Deferred income
- ▲84%
- Now £5.5m
- Fixed assets
- ▲6%
- Now £90.4m
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
- Openbet Technologies Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Openbet Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Sportcast LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (1)
- Openbet Retail LimitedRev. £1.7m · Profit £91.5k
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 £238k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 12 Oct 2026
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