Drive Computer Services Limited
Registered name: DRIVE COMPUTER SERVICES LIMITED
Part of The Erp Group Limited groupDrive Computer Services Limited made £622k revenue and £39.8k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Drive Computer Services Limited’s revenue grew 5% to £622k in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £39.8k profit and 10 employees. The company is classified under “business and domestic software development” and is based in Hythe, Southampton; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hythe, Southampton, South East
- Age
- 28 yrs · since 1998
- 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 ultimate controlling party is The Trebor Investments Limited, whose registered office is:”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £605k | £546k | £592k | £622k |
| Cost of sales | £315k | £274k | £316k | £335k |
| Gross profit | £290k | £272k | £276k | £287k |
| Operating profit | −£5.5k | £21.9k | £15.5k | £14.2k |
| Profit before tax | £1.9k | £35.6k | £51.7k | £54k |
| Profit after tax | £1.3k | £29.5k | £38.7k | £39.8k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.3k | £29.5k | £38.7k | £39.8k |
| Employees (average) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.2% | 5.4% | 6.5% | 6.4% |
| Gross margin | 48% | 49.8% | 46.6% | 46.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £60.5k | £54.6k | £59.2k | £62.2k |
| Profit per employee | £134 | £2.9k | £3.9k | £4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼9.7% | ▲8.6% | ▲5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲2091% | ▲31.2% | ▲2.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £633k | £740k | £814k | £543k |
| Net assets | £448k | £477k | £516k | £356k |
| Fixed assets | — | £7.6k | £5.1k | £2.5k |
| Current assets | £1.3m | £1.5m | £1.6m | £1.3m |
| Debtors | £68.1k | £46.3k | £35.1k | £25.1k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FilletedAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FilletedAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 46.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £62.2k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 4%
- 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
- ▼31%
- Now £356k
- Cash at bank
- ▼33%
- Now £543k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 10
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼51%
- Now £2.5k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- The Erp Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Drive Computer Services Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (4)
- D & H Computer Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Jade Enterprise Solutions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Nexgen Lettings LtdFigures not disclosed
- Sapphire Capital LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FilletedAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £39.8k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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