Codethink Limited
Registered name: CODETHINK LIMITED
Codethink Limited made £20.5m revenue and £5.3m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Codethink Limited’s revenue fell 2% to £20.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £5.3m profit and 119 employees. The company is classified under “information technology consultancy activities” and is based in Manchester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Manchester, North West
- Age
- 19 yrs · since 2007
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £12.5m | £15.9m | £20.9m | £20.5m |
| Cost of sales | £6.9m | £7.7m | £10.2m | £11.1m |
| Gross profit | £5.6m | £8.2m | £10.7m | £9.4m |
| Operating profit | £4.5m | £5.9m | £8.4m | £6.3m |
| Profit before tax | £4.5m | £5.9m | £8.4m | £6.4m |
| Profit after tax | £3.7m | £4.7m | £6.3m | £5.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.7m | £4.7m | £6.3m | £5.3m |
| Staff costs | £6.1m | £6.7m | £8.1m | £8.5m |
| Employees (average) | 90 | 100 | 109 | 119 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 29.5% | 29.2% | 30.1% | 26% |
| Gross margin | 44.6% | 51.5% | 51.1% | 45.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £139k | £159k | £191k | £173k |
| Profit per employee | £40.9k | £46.6k | £57.7k | £44.9k |
| Cash conversion | −98.7% | −99.1% | −108.6% | −99% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲27.8% | ▲30.9% | ▼1.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲26.6% | ▲35% | ▼15% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲11.1% | ▲9% | ▲9.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £4.7m | £6.3m | £9.6m | £9.4m |
| Net assets | £5.7m | £7.2m | £9.5m | £10.9m |
| Fixed assets | £349k | £365k | £502k | £477k |
| Current assets | £7.5m | £9.8m | £12.3m | £11.6m |
| Debtors | £2.4m | £2.8m | £1.9m | £1.4m |
| Deferred income | £1.1m | £1.7m | £1.4m | £471k |
| Cash from operations | −£4.5m | −£5.8m | −£9.1m | −£6.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 26%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 45.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £173k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £44.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −99%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7%
- 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
- ▲14%
- Now £10.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▼2%
- Now £9.4m
- Headcount
- ▲9%
- Now 119
- Deferred income
- ▼67%
- Now £471k
- Fixed assets
- ▼5%
- Now £477k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £5.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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