Sword Technology Solutions Limited
Registered name: SWORD TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS LIMITED
Part of Sword Group Se groupSword Technology Solutions Limited made £2.9m revenue and a £187k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Sword Technology Solutions Limited’s revenue grew 21% to £2.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £187k and 0 employees. The company is classified under “other information technology service activities” and is based in Staines-Upon-Thames; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Staines-Upon-Thames, London
- Age
- 15 yrs · since 2011
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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: “Sword Soft 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 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £2.6m | £2.3m | £2.4m | £2.9m |
| Cost of sales | £2.4m | £2.2m | £2.6m | £3.1m |
| Gross profit | £216k | £70.4k | −£200k | −£200k |
| Operating profit | −£38.7k | £88.4k | −£239k | −£240k |
| Profit before tax | £21.1k | £1.4m | −£244k | −£249k |
| Profit after tax | £58.2k | £1.4m | −£183k | −£187k |
| Profit (best available) | £58.2k | £1.4m | −£183k | −£187k |
| Staff costs | £1.4m | £875k | £810k | £776k |
| Employees (average) | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.2% | 62.8% | −7.5% | −6.3% |
| Gross margin | 8.2% | 3.1% | −8.3% | −6.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £187k | £1.1m | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £4.2k | £716k | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼13% | ▲6.3% | ▲21.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲2363% | ▼112.8% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼85.7% | ▼100% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £465k | £366k | £656k | £1.1m |
| Net assets | £340k | £1.8m | £1.6m | £1.4m |
| Fixed assets | £49.5k | £44k | £40.6k | £43k |
| Current assets | £2.1m | £2.7m | £2.9m | £3.1m |
| Debtors | £1.7m | £2.3m | £2.2m | £2.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −6.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- −6.8%
- 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
- 1.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 70%
- 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
- ▼12%
- Now £1.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲63%
- Now £1.1m
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲6%
- Now £43k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Sword Group Se (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Sword Soft Limited75–100%
- Sword Technology Solutions Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Sword Charteris LimitedRev. £0 · Profit £4.3m
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 −£187k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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