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Company No. 05399741 · Incorporated 20 Mar 2005

Docuware Ltd

Registered name: DOCUWARE LTD

Part of Docuware Gmbh group

Docuware Ltd made £4.3m revenue and £492k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text

Docuware Ltd’s revenue grew 11% to £4.3m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £492k profit and 9 employees. The company is classified under “information technology consultancy activities” and is based in Birmingham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection J · Information and communicationSIC 62020Information technology consultancy activities
Status
Active
Location
Birmingham, West Midlands
Age
21 yrs · since 2005
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: “The Company's immediate parent is DocuWare GmbH, incorporated in Germany and the company's ultimate parent company is Ricoh Company, Ltd incorporated in Japan.”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Mar 2025

Key figures

Small teamCapital-light
Revenue
£4.3m
Growth ▲10.5%
Profit
£492k
Growth —
Profit margin
11.5%
Gross 41.7%
Employees
9
Change ▲28.6%
Profit / employee
£54.6k
Revenue/employee £475k
Profitable streak
1yr
Consecutive profitable years in our data

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

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Mar 202231 Mar 202331 Mar 202431 Mar 2025
DisclosureFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£2.6m£3.5m£3.9m£4.3m
Cost of sales£1.8m£2.4m£2.7m£2.5m
Gross profit£814k£1.1m£1.2m£1.8m
Operating profit−£193k−£129k−£45.6k£331k
Profit before tax−£193k−£114k−£8.3k£364k
Profit after tax−£193k−£114k−£8.3k£492k
Profit (best available)−£193k−£114k−£8.3k£492k
Staff costs£744k£720k£766k£902k
Employees (average)6779
Ratios
Profit margin−7.3%−3.3%−0.2%11.5%
Gross margin30.8%30.5%31.1%41.7%
Revenue per employee£440k£494k£553k£475k
Profit per employee−£32.1k−£16.3k−£1.2k£54.6k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲30.7%▲12%▲10.5%
Headcount growth—▲16.7%0%▲28.6%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£650k£915k£503k£764k
Net assets−£706k−£820k−£829k−£337k
Fixed assets£5.9k£5.1k£9.8k£4.3k
Current assets£3.6m£4.8m£4.4m£4.8m
Debtors£359k£394k£538k£516k
Deferred income£3.1m£4.1m£1.6m£1.6m
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
11.5%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
41.7%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£475k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£54.6k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
0.1%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
38.1%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
12.1%
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
—
Now −£337k
Cash at bank
▲52%
Now £764k
Headcount
▲29%
Now 9
Deferred income
▼0%
Now £1.6m
Fixed assets
▼56%
Now £4.3k
Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Docuware Gmbh (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
  2. Docuware Ltdthis 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).

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Sources

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £492k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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