118 Data Resource Limited
Registered name: 118 DATA RESOURCE LIMITED
Part of 118 Group Investments Ltd group118 Data Resource Limited made £4.3m revenue and a £8.6m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
118 Data Resource Limited’s revenue fell 18% to £4.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £8.6m and 59 employees. The company is classified under “other professional, scientific and technical activities” and is based in Sutton Coldfield; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands
- Age
- 19 yrs · since 2007
- 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 ultimate controlling party is 118 Group Holdings Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales and is the parent undertaking of the smallest group to consolidate these financial statements ”
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) | £5.4m | £5.5m | £5.3m | £4.3m |
| Cost of sales | £111k | £147k | £105k | £130k |
| Gross profit | £5.3m | £5.3m | £5.2m | £4.2m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £1.8m | −£8.4m |
| Profit before tax | £1.5m | £1.4m | £1.8m | −£8.4m |
| Profit after tax | £1.2m | £1.1m | £1.3m | −£8.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.2m | £1.1m | £1.3m | −£8.6m |
| Staff costs | £2.7m | £2.8m | £2.6m | £2.3m |
| Employees (average) | 77 | 75 | 67 | 59 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 22.9% | 19.3% | 25.4% | −198.9% |
| Gross margin | 98% | 97.3% | 98% | 97% |
| Revenue per employee | £70.7k | £73.1k | £78.8k | £73.7k |
| Profit per employee | £16.2k | £14.1k | £20k | −£147k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲0.8% | ▼3.7% | ▼17.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼15.1% | ▲26.8% | ▼744.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2.6% | ▼10.7% | ▼11.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.2m | £769k | £610k | £215k |
| Net assets | £7.2m | £8.3m | £9.6m | £951k |
| Fixed assets | £21k | £36.5k | £31.9k | £24.7k |
| Current assets | £8.4m | £9.5m | £10.7m | £1.7m |
| Debtors | £631k | £568k | £512k | £217k |
| Deferred income | £662k | £655k | £574k | £434k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −198.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 97%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £73.7k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£147k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 10%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 5%
- 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
- ▼90%
- Now £951k
- Cash at bank
- ▼65%
- Now £215k
- Headcount
- ▼12%
- Now 59
- Deferred income
- ▼24%
- Now £434k
- Fixed assets
- ▼22%
- Now £24.7k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- 118 Group Investments Ltd (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- 118 Group Limited75–100%
- 118 Data Resource Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (7)
- 118 Group Investments Ltd.Rev. £0 · Profit −£22.5m
- 118 Business Information LtdFigures not disclosed
- 118 Information LimitedFigures not disclosed
- 118 Sales LimitedFigures not disclosed
- E Loc@tions LtdFigures not disclosed
- Market Location LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Market Location Secure 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 Dec 2025 (profit −£8.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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