Onefile Ltd
Registered name: ONEFILE LTD
Part of Constellation Software UK Holdco Ltd groupOnefile Ltd made £10.8m revenue and £3.4m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Onefile Ltd’s revenue grew 8% to £10.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £3.4m profit and 67 employees. The company is classified under “data processing, hosting and related activities” and is based in Manchester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Manchester, North West
- Age
- 24 yrs · since 2002
- 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) | £5.4m | £8.8m | £9.9m | £10.8m |
| Cost of sales | £1m | £2m | £2m | £2m |
| Gross profit | £4.4m | £6.8m | £7.9m | £8.7m |
| Operating profit | £1.7m | £2.7m | £3.6m | £4.4m |
| Profit before tax | £1.7m | £2.7m | £3.6m | £4.4m |
| Profit after tax | £1.4m | £2.4m | £2.8m | £3.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.4m | £2.4m | £2.8m | £3.4m |
| Staff costs | £2.7m | £3.8m | £3.9m | £3.8m |
| Employees (average) | 65 | 70 | 70 | 67 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 26.1% | 27.6% | 28.2% | 31.4% |
| Gross margin | 81% | 77% | 79.7% | 81% |
| Revenue per employee | £83.5k | £126k | £142k | £161k |
| Profit per employee | £21.8k | £34.7k | £40k | £50.5k |
| Cash conversion | 15.5% | 4% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲12.8% | ▲8.5% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲15.3% | ▲20.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | 0% | ▼4.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £791k | £680k | £1m | £883k |
| Net assets | £1.5m | £3.9m | £4.7m | £3.1m |
| Fixed assets | £67.8k | £211k | £170k | £151k |
| Current assets | £7.2m | £10.7m | £12.4m | £11.9m |
| Debtors | £2m | £2.4m | £2.4m | £3.3m |
| Deferred income | £5.2m | £6.2m | £6.9m | £7.2m |
| Cash from operations | £258k | £107k | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 31.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 81%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £161k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £50.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 67%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 30.4%
- 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
- ▼34%
- Now £3.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼12%
- Now £883k
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 67
- Deferred income
- ▲4%
- Now £7.2m
- Fixed assets
- ▼11%
- Now £151k
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
- Constellation Software UK Holdco Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Onefile Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (17)
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- Volaris Group UK Holdco LtdRev. £9.2m · Profit £48.8m
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- Atex Media LimitedRev. £2.6m · Profit £3.2m
- Perseus Group Software LtdRev. £300k · Profit £1.7m
- Corporate IT Systems LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Datamine Corporate LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Finglow LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Gladstone LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Jonas Computing (UK) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- K2 Medical Systems Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Quicksilva LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Rialtas Business Solutions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Vela UK Holdco LtdFigures not disclosed
- Vertus Group UK Holdco LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Vesta Software Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Xanalys LtdFigures 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 £3.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 12 Oct 2026
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