Dictate IT Limited
Registered name: DICTATE IT LIMITED
Dictate IT Limited made £8.7m revenue and £1.9m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Dictate IT Limited’s revenue grew 7% to £8.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.9m profit and 27 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in London; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2003
- 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: “Lanas Investments (U.K.) Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2021 | 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 | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £9.7m | £9.7m | £9.3m | £8.1m | £8.7m |
| Cost of sales | £3.2m | £2.9m | £3.1m | £2.5m | £3m |
| Gross profit | £6.5m | £6.8m | £6.2m | £5.7m | £5.7m |
| Operating profit | — | £3.7m | £3.2m | £2.6m | £1.8m |
| Profit before tax | £3.5m | £3.7m | £3.2m | £2.9m | £2.3m |
| Profit after tax | £3m | £3.4m | £2.8m | £2.5m | £1.9m |
| Profit (best available) | £3m | £3.4m | £2.8m | £2.5m | £1.9m |
| Employees (average) | 28 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 30.5% | 35.3% | 29.9% | 31.2% | 21.5% |
| Gross margin | 67.3% | 70.5% | 66.2% | 69.7% | 65.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £347k | £360k | £345k | £300k | £322k |
| Profit per employee | £106k | £127k | £103k | £93.6k | £69.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | 0% | ▼4.2% | ▼12.8% | ▲7.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲15.9% | ▼19.1% | ▼9% | ▼26.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼3.6% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £1.3m | £469k | £725k | £1.5m | £387k |
| Net assets | £5.5m | £6.4m | £7.8m | £10.4m | £3m |
| Fixed assets | £1.2m | £1.7m | £2.3m | £3m | £3.2m |
| Current assets | £6m | £6.1m | £7m | £9.1m | £2.2m |
| Debtors | £1.5m | £2.4m | £1.8m | £1.2m | £1.7m |
| Deferred income | £44.7k | £99.5k | £234k | £250k | £615k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 21.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 65.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £322k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £69.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 37%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 7.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 20%
- 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
- ▼71%
- Now £3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼74%
- Now £387k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 27
- Deferred income
- ▲147%
- Now £615k
- Fixed assets
- ▲9%
- Now £3.2m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £1.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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