Qolcom Limited
Registered name: QOLCOM LIMITED
Part of Bechtle International Operations Holding Ag groupQolcom Limited made £12.4m revenue and £445k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Qolcom Limited’s revenue fell 30% to £12.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £445k profit and 42 employees. The company is classified under “other service activities” and is based in Reading; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Reading, South East
- Age
- 26 yrs · since 2000
- 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 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £14.2m | £26.4m | £17.7m | £12.4m |
| Cost of sales | £9.8m | £19.2m | £11.8m | £8.1m |
| Gross profit | £4.4m | £7.1m | £5.9m | £4.4m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £1.3m | £442k |
| Profit before tax | £920k | £2.8m | £1.4m | £598k |
| Profit after tax | £770k | £2.1m | £1.4m | £445k |
| Profit (best available) | £770k | £2.1m | £1.4m | £445k |
| Staff costs | £3m | £3.9m | £4.1m | £3.3m |
| Employees (average) | 38 | 41 | 43 | 42 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.4% | 8.1% | 7.7% | 3.6% |
| Gross margin | 31.1% | 27.1% | 33.4% | 35.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £373k | £644k | £411k | £296k |
| Profit per employee | £20.3k | £51.9k | £31.6k | £10.6k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | −126.1% | −241.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲86.1% | ▼33.1% | ▼29.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲176.3% | ▼36.1% | ▼67.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7.9% | ▲4.9% | ▼2.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3.2m | £5.9m | £6.8m | £7m |
| Net assets | £3.3m | £5.2m | £6.6m | £6m |
| Fixed assets | £2.4k | £10.4k | £4.9k | £0 |
| Current assets | £6m | £10.1m | £11.1m | £8.5m |
| Debtors | £2m | £3.6m | £3.9m | £1.2m |
| Deferred income | £585k | £1m | £1.3m | £937k |
| Cash from operations | −£1.1m | −£3m | −£1.7m | −£1.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 35.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £296k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £10.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −241.7%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 7.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 9.4%
- 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
- ▼8%
- Now £6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲3%
- Now £7m
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 42
- Deferred income
- ▼26%
- Now £937k
- Fixed assets
- ▼100%
- Now £0
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
- Bechtle International Operations Holding Ag (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Bechtle Limited75–100%
- Qolcom Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Data Store 365 LimitedRev. £1.3m · Profit £71.9k
- Tangible Benefit 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 31 Dec 2025 (profit £445k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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