Sword IT Solutions Limited
Registered name: SWORD IT SOLUTIONS LIMITED
Part of Sword Group Se groupSword IT Solutions Limited made £88.8m revenue and £5m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Sword IT Solutions Limited’s revenue grew 78% to £88.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £5m profit and 581 employees. The company is classified under “information technology consultancy activities” and is based in Staines-Upon-Thames; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Staines-Upon-Thames, London
- Age
- 30 yrs · since 1996
- 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: “Sword Charteris Limited”
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 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £46.2m | £50.1m | £50m | £88.8m |
| Cost of sales | £8.4m | £9.7m | £8.3m | £31.2m |
| Gross profit | £37.8m | £40.4m | £41.7m | £57.6m |
| Operating profit | £5.7m | £4.8m | £6.2m | £6.5m |
| Profit before tax | £5.7m | £4.7m | £6.3m | £6.6m |
| Profit after tax | £4.7m | £3.6m | £4.7m | £5m |
| Profit (best available) | £4.7m | £3.6m | £4.7m | £5m |
| Staff costs | £22m | £26.9m | £25.7m | £40m |
| Employees (average) | 382 | 463 | 444 | 581 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 10.2% | 7.2% | 9.5% | 5.6% |
| Gross margin | 81.8% | 80.6% | 83.4% | 64.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £121k | £108k | £113k | £153k |
| Profit per employee | £12.3k | £7.8k | £10.7k | £8.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲8.5% | ▼0.2% | ▲77.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼22.7% | ▲30.9% | ▲5.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲21.2% | ▼4.1% | ▲30.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £5.1m | £6m | £6.4m | £13.5m |
| Net assets | £13.1m | £12m | £16.8m | £21.8m |
| Fixed assets | £271k | £921k | £1.8m | £2.5m |
| Current assets | £20.7m | £19.6m | £21.3m | £35.1m |
| Debtors | £6.5m | £7.8m | £5.4m | £8.5m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 64.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £153k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £8.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 9.5%
- 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
- ▲30%
- Now £21.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲112%
- Now £13.5m
- Headcount
- ▲31%
- Now 581
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲40%
- Now £2.5m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Sword Group Se (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Sword Soft Limited75–100%
- Sword Charteris Limited75–100%
- Sword IT Solutions Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (6)
- Iacs Consulting LtdRev. £4m · Profit £615k
- Idelta LimitedRev. £518k · Profit £193k
- Phusion Im LimitedRev. £275k · Profit −£53.2k
- Aaa Group LimitedRev. £0 · Profit −£71k
- Ping Network Solutions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The Virga Group LtdFigures 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 Dec 2025 (profit £5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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