Crick Software Limited
Registered name: CRICK SOFTWARE LIMITED
Crick Software Limited made £1.3m profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
Crick Software Limited reported £1.3m profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025, up 361% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 39 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of computers, computer peripheral equipment and software” and is based in Northampton; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Northampton, East Midlands
- Age
- 29 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: “The controlling party is Mr J K Crick.”
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jul 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | — |
| Profit after tax | £365k | £131k | £288k | £1.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £365k | £131k | £288k | £1.3m |
| Employees (average) | 32 | 34 | 36 | 39 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £11.4k | £3.8k | £8k | £34k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Profit growth | — | ▼64.2% | ▲120.4% | ▲360.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.3% | ▲5.9% | ▲8.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.2m | £2.8m | £3m | £3.5m |
| Net assets | £2m | £2.2m | £2.5m | £3.8m |
| Fixed assets | £79.9k | £106k | £134k | £152k |
| Current assets | £2.6m | £3.3m | £3.6m | £4.1m |
| Debtors | £272k | £394k | £515k | £408k |
| Deferred income | £213k | £183k | £173k | £121k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £34k
- 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
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- ▲54%
- Now £3.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲16%
- Now £3.5m
- Headcount
- ▲8%
- Now 39
- Deferred income
- ▼30%
- Now £121k
- Fixed assets
- ▲13%
- Now £152k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jul 2025 (profit £1.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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