Database for Business Ltd
Registered name: DATABASE FOR BUSINESS LTD
Part of Firtitudo Limited groupDatabase for Business Ltd made £12.8m revenue and £501k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2024.
Database for Business Ltd’s revenue grew 7% to £12.8m in the year to 30 Sep 2024, with £501k profit and 53 employees. The company is classified under “other telecommunications activities” and is based in Northampton; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Northampton, East Midlands
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £12m | £12.8m |
| Cost of sales | — | £7.7m | £8.1m |
| Gross profit | — | £4.2m | £4.7m |
| Operating profit | — | £789k | £832k |
| Profit before tax | — | £688k | £677k |
| Profit after tax | — | £566k | £501k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £566k | £501k |
| Staff costs | — | £2.2m | £2.4m |
| Employees (average) | 46 | 53 | 53 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | 4.7% | 3.9% |
| Gross margin | — | 35.4% | 36.7% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £226k | £241k |
| Profit per employee | — | £10.7k | £9.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲6.7% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼11.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲15.2% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £494k | £691k | £758k |
| Net assets | £1.4m | £1.7m | £1.9m |
| Fixed assets | £336k | £794k | £869k |
| Current assets | £4.1m | £4.4m | £4m |
| Debtors | £1.1m | £802k | £979k |
| Deferred income | £546k | £616k | £327k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 36.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £241k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £9.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 6.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.7%
- 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
- ▲12%
- Now £1.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲10%
- Now £758k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 53
- Deferred income
- ▼47%
- Now £327k
- Fixed assets
- ▲9%
- Now £869k
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
- Firtitudo Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Database for Business Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Totally Converged Solutions LtdFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (3)
- Atlas Systems LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Dumbleton LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
- Installations for Business LimitedFigures 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 30 Sep 2024 (profit £501k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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