Decision Support Tools Limited
Registered name: DECISION SUPPORT TOOLS LIMITED
Part of Ares Management Corporation groupDecision Support Tools Limited made £1.5m revenue and £1.1m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Decision Support Tools Limited’s revenue fell 24% to £1.5m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £1.1m profit and 0 employees. The company is classified under “business and domestic software development” and is based in Cheshire; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cheshire, North West
- Age
- 20 yrs · since 2006
- 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 Woodhouse Partnership Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £2m | £1.5m |
| Cost of sales | £426k | £65.4k |
| Gross profit | £1.6m | £1.5m |
| Profit before tax | £1.6m | £1.5m |
| Profit after tax | £1.2m | £1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.2m | £1.1m |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 56.6% | 72.4% |
| Gross margin | 79.1% | 95.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼24.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼3.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £68.2k | £61.3k |
| Net assets | £1m | £2.2m |
| Fixed assets | £104 | £439k |
| Current assets | £3.5m | £3.2m |
| Debtors | £3.5m | £3.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 72.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 95.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 28.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 205.2%
- 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
- ▲107%
- Now £2.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼10%
- Now £61.3k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲422394%
- Now £439k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Ares Management Corporation (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Ares Management Limited75–100%
- RSK Environment Limited75–100%
- The Woodhouse Partnership Limited75–100%
- Decision Support Tools Limitedthis 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 £1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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