Return on Investment Ltd.
Registered name: RETURN ON INVESTMENT LTD.
Part of NJS Holdings Limited groupReturn on Investment Ltd. made £18.5m revenue and £797k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Return on Investment Ltd.’s revenue was £18.5m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £797k profit and 354 employees. The company is classified under “other information technology service activities” and is based in Cheshire; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cheshire, North West
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2003
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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: “NJS Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent company and immediate parent in which this company is consolidated. Consolidated financial statements are available from Companies House and may be obtained”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15.2m | £16.4m | £18.5m | £18.5m |
| Cost of sales | £12.3m | £12.7m | £14.1m | £14.8m |
| Gross profit | £2.9m | £3.8m | £4.4m | £3.7m |
| Operating profit | £428k | £1.1m | £1.5m | £876k |
| Profit before tax | £399k | £1.1m | £1.5m | £922k |
| Profit after tax | £671k | £938k | £1.1m | £797k |
| Profit (best available) | £671k | £938k | £1.1m | £797k |
| Staff costs | £11.9m | £12.3m | £14m | £14.5m |
| Employees (average) | 346 | 336 | 344 | 354 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4.4% | 5.7% | 5.9% | 4.3% |
| Gross margin | 18.9% | 23.1% | 23.6% | 20.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £43.8k | £48.9k | £53.7k | £52.3k |
| Profit per employee | £1.9k | £2.8k | £3.2k | £2.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲8.5% | ▲12.4% | ▲0.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲39.9% | ▲16.2% | ▼26.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2.9% | ▲2.4% | ▲2.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.5m | £2.7m | £1.9m | £1.8m |
| Net assets | £3m | £3.5m | £4.1m | £4.4m |
| Fixed assets | £513k | £409k | £416k | £359k |
| Current assets | £5.4m | £6.5m | £7.1m | £7m |
| Debtors | £2.2m | £2.1m | £3.7m | £2.8m |
| Deferred income | £804k | £1.2m | £1.7m | £1.7m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 20.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £52.3k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 8.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 15.3%
- 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
- ▲7%
- Now £4.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼5%
- Now £1.8m
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 354
- Deferred income
- ▼0%
- Now £1.7m
- Fixed assets
- ▼14%
- Now £359k
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
- NJS Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Return on Investment Ltd.this company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Roi Automotive 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 Mar 2025 (profit £797k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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