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Company No. 04097664 · Incorporated 27 Oct 2000

Crimson Limited

Registered name: CRIMSON LIMITED

Part of The Power of Talent Midco Ltd. group

Crimson Limited made £23.5m revenue and £569k profit in the year to 31 Jan 2026. read from filing text

Crimson Limited’s revenue fell 25% to £23.5m in the year to 31 Jan 2026, with £569k profit and 107 employees. The company is classified under “other software publishing” and is based in Birmingham; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection J · Information and communicationSIC 58290Other software publishing
Status
Active
Location
Birmingham, West Midlands
Age
25 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. From the filing: “The parent company of Crimson Limited is Harvey Nash Limited and its registered office is 3 Noble Street, London, England, United Kingdom, EC2V 7EE.”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Jan 2026

Key figures

Capital-light
Revenue
£23.5m
Growth ▼24.6%
Profit
£569k
Growth ▼68.7%
Profit margin
2.4%
Gross 12.5%
Employees
107
Change ▼6.1%
Profit / employee
£5.3k
Revenue/employee £220k
Profitable streak
3yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

3 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Jan 202431 Jan 202531 Jan 2026
DisclosureFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£36.9m£31.2m£23.5m
Cost of sales£31.9m£26.8m£20.6m
Gross profit£5m£4.4m£2.9m
Operating profit£1.9m£1.5m£524k
Profit before tax£2.1m£1.9m£721k
Profit after tax£1.6m£1.8m£569k
Profit (best available)£1.6m£1.8m£569k
Employees (average)118114107
Ratios
Profit margin4.4%5.8%2.4%
Gross margin13.5%14.1%12.5%
Revenue per employee£312k£273k£220k
Profit per employee£13.6k£15.9k£5.3k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▼15.5%▼24.6%
Profit growth—▲13.1%▼68.7%
Headcount growth—▼3.4%▼6.1%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£718k£2.5m£2.5m
Net assets£8.6m£10.4m£4.1m
Fixed assets£251k£188k£131k
Current assets£12.4m£12.9m£6.8m
Debtors£5.3m£3.7m£3.7m
Deferred income£722k£420k£584k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
2.4%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
12.5%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£220k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£5.3k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
0.6%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
2.5%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
15.6%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▼61%
Now £4.1m
Cash at bank
▼3%
Now £2.5m
Headcount
▼6%
Now 107
Deferred income
▲39%
Now £584k
Fixed assets
▼31%
Now £131k

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. The Power of Talent Midco Ltd.ultimate parent75–100%
  2. The Power of Talent Plano Limited75–100%
  3. The Power of Talent Kartanesi Ltd.75–100%
  4. Nash Squared Holdings Limited75–100%
  5. Nash Squared Limited75–100%
  6. Harvey Nash Limited75–100%
  7. Crimson Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jan 2026 (profit £569k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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