FDS Corporation Limited
Registered name: FDS CORPORATION LIMITED
FDS Corporation Limited made £92.8m revenue and £1.9m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
FDS Corporation Limited’s revenue grew 12% to £92.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.9m profit and 43 employees. The company is classified under “other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets” and is based in Ipswich; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ipswich, East of England
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2014
- 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&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £25.1m | £59m | £82.6m | £92.8m |
| Cost of sales | £23.1m | £50.3m | £70.4m | £81.8m |
| Gross profit | £2m | £8.7m | £12.3m | £11m |
| Operating profit | −£2.7m | £870k | £4.1m | £2.5m |
| Profit before tax | −£2.7m | £870k | £4.1m | £2.5m |
| Profit after tax | −£2.4m | £1.6m | £3m | £1.9m |
| Profit (best available) | −£2.4m | £1.6m | £3m | £1.9m |
| Staff costs | — | £1.4m | £1.5m | £1.8m |
| Employees (average) | 24 | 41 | 42 | 43 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −9.7% | 2.7% | 3.7% | 2% |
| Gross margin | 8.1% | 14.8% | 14.8% | 11.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £1m | £1.4m | £2m | £2.2m |
| Profit per employee | −£101k | £39.2k | £72.6k | £43.3k |
| Cash conversion | — | 15.6% | 36% | −46% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲135.1% | ▲40% | ▲12.3% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲89.5% | ▼38.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲70.8% | ▲2.4% | ▲2.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3.5m | £3.3m | £1.8m | £2.9m |
| Net assets | −£2.7m | −£1.1m | £1.9m | £3.8m |
| Fixed assets | £5.7m | £5.1m | £4.4m | £3.9m |
| Current assets | £40.2m | £68.1m | £74.1m | £91.6m |
| Debtors | £9.2m | £22.7m | £12m | £17m |
| Cash from operations | −£5.8m | £135k | £1.5m | −£1.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 11.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £2.2m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £43.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −46%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 18.3%
- 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
- ▲96%
- Now £3.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲60%
- Now £2.9m
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 43
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼13%
- Now £3.9m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £1.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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