Internet Computer Bureau Limited
Registered name: INTERNET COMPUTER BUREAU LIMITED
Internet Computer Bureau Limited made £34.1m revenue and a £7m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Internet Computer Bureau Limited’s revenue grew 8% to £34.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £7m and 3 employees. The company is classified under “data processing, hosting and related activities” and is based in Sidcup; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Sidcup, South East
- Age
- 30 yrs · since 1996
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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: “Internet Computer Bureau Limited is a 100% owned subsidiary of Identity Digital Domains Limited, a company incorporated in Ireland. The results of the company are included in the consolidated financia”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £31.6m | £34.1m |
| Cost of sales | £30.3m | £33.1m |
| Gross profit | £1.3m | £1m |
| Operating profit | £1.6m | −£8.8m |
| Profit before tax | £3.6m | −£7m |
| Profit after tax | £2.8m | −£7m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.8m | −£7m |
| Staff costs | £57.9k | £51.6k |
| Employees (average) | 3 | 3 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 9% | −20.6% |
| Gross margin | 4.2% | 3% |
| Revenue per employee | £10.5m | £11.4m |
| Profit per employee | £945k | −£2.3m |
| Cash conversion | 101.5% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲7.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼347.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £85.9k | £10.8k |
| Net assets | £4.9m | −£2.1m |
| Current assets | £28.1m | £24m |
| Debtors | £28m | £24m |
| Deferred income | £22.2m | £25.6m |
| Cash from operations | £1.6m | £1.6m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −20.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £11.4m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£2.3m
- 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
- 75.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 70.3%
- 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
- ▼142%
- Now −£2.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼87%
- Now £10.8k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 3
- Deferred income
- ▲15%
- Now £25.6m
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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