Data Base Factory UK Limited
Registered name: DATA BASE FACTORY UK LIMITED
Part of Konecta Italia Spa groupData Base Factory UK Limited made £2.3m revenue and £270k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Data Base Factory UK Limited’s revenue fell 62% to £2.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £270k profit and 1 employee. The company is classified under “data processing, hosting and related activities” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 26 yrs · since 2000
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £5.7m | £5.7m | £6.2m | £2.3m |
| Cost of sales | £4.3m | £4.5m | £5m | £1.6m |
| Gross profit | £1.4m | £1.2m | £1.2m | £744k |
| Operating profit | −£215k | −£601k | −£204k | £13.3k |
| Profit before tax | −£215k | −£601k | −£203k | £13.3k |
| Profit after tax | −£193k | −£601k | −£203k | £270k |
| Profit (best available) | −£193k | −£601k | −£203k | £270k |
| Staff costs | £3.9m | £4m | £4.9m | — |
| Employees (average) | 132 | 131 | 139 | 1 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −3.4% | −10.5% | −3.3% | 11.5% |
| Gross margin | 24.5% | 20.7% | 18.9% | 31.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £43.5k | £43.8k | £44.7k | £2.3m |
| Profit per employee | −£1.5k | −£4.6k | −£1.5k | £270k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼0.2% | ▲8.3% | ▼62.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼0.8% | ▲6.1% | ▼99.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £806k | £313k | £328k | £420k |
| Net assets | £1.5m | £920k | £717k | £987k |
| Fixed assets | £48k | £52.1k | £87.5k | £58.6k |
| Current assets | £2.6m | £1.8m | £1.3m | — |
| Debtors | £1.7m | £1.3m | £943k | £780k |
| Deferred income | — | — | £181k | £14.2k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 11.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 31.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £2.3m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £270k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 33.2%
- 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
- ▲38%
- Now £987k
- Cash at bank
- ▲28%
- Now £420k
- Headcount
- ▼99%
- Now 1
- Deferred income
- ▼92%
- Now £14.2k
- Fixed assets
- ▼33%
- Now £58.6k
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
- Konecta Italia Spa (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Data Base Factory UK Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Minority corporate shareholders
- Grupo Konectanet Slu (registered outside the UK register)
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 2024 (profit £270k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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