General Datatech UK Limited
Registered name: GENERAL DATATECH UK LIMITED
Part of General Datatech Global Limited groupGeneral Datatech UK Limited made £5.8m revenue and £331k profit in the year to 30 Dec 2023. read from filing text
General Datatech UK Limited’s revenue fell 25% to £5.8m in the year to 30 Dec 2023, with £331k profit and 1 employee. The company is classified under “information technology consultancy activities” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 14 yrs · since 2012
- 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: “The company's immediate parent, General Datatech Global Ltd. where its registered office address is Suite 5, 7th Floor, 50 Broadway, London, United Kingdom, SW1H 0DB, is the parent of the smallest gro”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Dec 2022 | 30 Dec 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £7.6m | £5.8m |
| Cost of sales | £6.6m | £5m |
| Gross profit | £1.1m | £733k |
| Operating profit | −£416k | £432k |
| Profit before tax | −£416k | £442k |
| Profit after tax | −£652k | £331k |
| Profit (best available) | −£652k | £331k |
| Employees (average) | — | 1 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −8.5% | 5.8% |
| Gross margin | 14.2% | 12.7% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £5.8m |
| Profit per employee | — | £331k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼24.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £1.3m | £1.2m |
| Net assets | £1.6m | £2m |
| Current assets | £7.5m | £5.9m |
| Debtors | £3.5m | £863k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 12.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £5.8m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £331k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 15%
- 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
- ▲20%
- Now £2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼8%
- Now £1.2m
- Headcount
- —
- Now 1
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- General Datatech Global Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- General Datatech UK 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 30 Dec 2023 (profit £331k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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