Skip to content
CompanySight
Company No. 04220636 · Incorporated 21 May 2001

Medius Software Limited

Registered name: MEDIUS SOFTWARE LIMITED

Part of Mefla Ab 3 group

Medius Software Limited made £13m revenue and £2.2m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2022.

Medius Software Limited’s revenue grew 21% to £13m in the year to 31 Dec 2022, with £2.2m profit and 106 employees. The company is classified under “business and domestic software development” and is based in Manchester; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection J · Information and communicationSIC 62012Business and domestic software development
Status
Active
Location
Manchester, North West
Age
25 yrs · since 2001
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.

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2022

Key figures

Capital-lightOperating leverage
Revenue
£13m
Growth ▲21.4%
Profit
£2.2m
Growth ▲43.3%
Profit margin
16.8%
Gross 88.3%
Employees
106
Change ▲2.9%
Profit / employee
£20.7k
Revenue/employee £123k
Profitable streak
2yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

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

2 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202131 Dec 2022
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£10.7m£13m
Cost of sales£1.5m£1.5m
Gross profit£9.2m£11.5m
Operating profit£1.6m£2.1m
Profit before tax£1.6m£2.1m
Profit after tax£1.5m£2.2m
Profit (best available)£1.5m£2.2m
Employees (average)103106
Ratios
Profit margin14.2%16.8%
Gross margin86.2%88.3%
Revenue per employee£104k£123k
Profit per employee£14.8k£20.7k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲21.4%
Profit growth—▲43.3%
Headcount growth—▲2.9%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£613k£939k
Net assets£6.4m£8.6m
Fixed assets£1.2m£921k
Current assets£10m£12.7m
Debtors£2.5m£2.8m
Deferred income£2.9m£3.2m
SourceAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
16.8%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
88.3%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£123k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£20.7k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
7.1%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
24.7%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
21.8%
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
▲34%
Now £8.6m
Cash at bank
▲53%
Now £939k
Headcount
▲3%
Now 106
Deferred income
▲11%
Now £3.2m
Fixed assets
▼24%
Now £921k

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. Mefla Ab 3 (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
  2. Mefla UK Limited75–100%
  3. Hive Topco Limited75–100%
  4. Hive Bidco Limited75–100%
  5. Medius Software 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).

Same industry, similar size

Similar profitable businesses

Industry benchmarks →

Sources

Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2022 (profit £2.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2023. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

Contains public sector information from Companies House licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data from Companies House, © Crown copyright. View the licence.