Tampnet UK Limited
Registered name: TAMPNET UK LIMITED
Part of Colombo Topco Limited groupTampnet UK Limited made £37.7m revenue and £13.3m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Tampnet UK Limited’s revenue fell 7% to £37.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £13.3m profit and 13 employees. The company is classified under “other telecommunications activities” and is based in Leeds; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Leeds, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2014
- 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.
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&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £33.6m | £38m | £40.4m | £37.7m |
| Cost of sales | £2.4m | £2.9m | £4.1m | £4.3m |
| Gross profit | £31.2m | £35.1m | £36.3m | £33.4m |
| Operating profit | £24.5m | £28.6m | £2.2m | £2.9m |
| Profit before tax | £29.4m | £38.8m | £14m | £15.2m |
| Profit after tax | £25.5m | £37.5m | £12.8m | £13.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £25.5m | £37.5m | £12.8m | £13.3m |
| Staff costs | £1.3m | £1.1m | £1.1m | £1.1m |
| Employees (average) | 12 | 13 | 14 | 13 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 76% | 98.5% | 31.7% | 35.2% |
| Gross margin | 92.8% | 92.3% | 89.8% | 88.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £2.8m | £2.9m | £2.9m | £2.9m |
| Profit per employee | £2.1m | £2.9m | £916k | £1m |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲13.2% | ▲6.3% | ▼6.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲46.8% | ▼65.8% | ▲3.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲8.3% | ▲7.7% | ▼7.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £18m | £7m | £4.1m | £4.2m |
| Net assets | £80m | £118m | £130m | £144m |
| Fixed assets | £18.6m | £19.4m | £18.1m | £16.5m |
| Current assets | £80.3m | £118m | £129m | £141m |
| Debtors | £4.6m | £4.1m | £2.1m | £2.3m |
| Deferred income | £13.4m | £12.5m | £10.3m | £10.4m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 35.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 88.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £2.9m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1m
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 43.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 27.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 6.1%
- 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
- ▲10%
- Now £144m
- Cash at bank
- ▲1%
- Now £4.2m
- Headcount
- ▼7%
- Now 13
- Deferred income
- ▲1%
- Now £10.4m
- Fixed assets
- ▼9%
- Now £16.5m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Colombo Topco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Colombo Investment Holdings Limited75–100%
- Colombo Holdco Limited75–100%
- Colombo Bidco Limited75–100%
- Tampnet UK Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Minority corporate shareholders
- 3I Investments PLC
- 3i Infrastructure Plc (registered outside the UK register)
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 £13.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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