Polaris Software Solutions Limited
Registered name: POLARIS SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS LIMITED
Part of August Equity LLP groupPolaris Software Solutions Limited made £7.8m revenue and £1.2m profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Polaris Software Solutions Limited’s revenue grew 7% to £7.8m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £1.2m profit and 41 employees. The company is classified under “business and domestic software development” and is based in Banbury; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Banbury, South East
- Age
- 23 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. From the filing: “Polaris Software Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £7.3m | £7.8m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £3.3m | £3.5m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £4m | £4.3m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £1.8m | £1.7m |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £1.3m | £1.2m |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £1.3m | £1.2m |
| Employees (average) | 25 | 26 | 25 | 41 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 18.2% | 15.9% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 54.4% | 54.8% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £290k | £189k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £53k | £30.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲7% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼6.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4% | ▼3.9% | ▲64% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.1m | £1.8m | £1.5m | £1.3m |
| Net assets | £1m | £780k | £2.1m | £3.3m |
| Fixed assets | £16.8k | £16.2k | £35.1k | £79.2k |
| Current assets | £3.9m | £4.6m | £7.6m | £10.5m |
| Debtors | £248k | £53.9k | £547k | £1m |
| Deferred income | £2.7m | £3.4m | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 15.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 54.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £189k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £30.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.1%
- 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
- ▲59%
- Now £3.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼10%
- Now £1.3m
- Headcount
- ▲64%
- Now 41
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲126%
- Now £79.2k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- August Equity LLPultimate parent75–100%
- August Equity Management Limited75–100%
- August Equity Partners V GP Limited75–100%
- August Equity Partners V General Partner LLP50–75%
- Click Topco Limited75–100%
- Click Midco Limited75–100%
- Click Finco Limited75–100%
- Polaris Software Limited75–100%
- Polaris Software Solutions Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (4)
- Clarity Information Solutions LimitedRev. £4.6m · Profit £1.4m
- Farthest Gate LimitedRev. £3.3m · Profit £335k
- Lemnos UK LimitedRev. £2.9m · Profit £589k
- JML Software Solutions LimitedRev. £2.8m · Profit £672k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit £1.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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