Owle Limited
Registered name: OWLE LIMITED
Owle Limited made £9.3m revenue and £250k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Owle Limited’s revenue fell 13% to £9.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £250k profit and 57 employees. The company is classified under “non-trading company” and is based in Doncaster; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Doncaster, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 11 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) | £6m | £11.3m | £10.7m | £9.3m |
| Cost of sales | £3.5m | £6.5m | £6.1m | £5.1m |
| Gross profit | £2.5m | £4.8m | £4.6m | £4.2m |
| Operating profit | £382k | £1.3m | £638k | £165k |
| Profit before tax | £525k | £1.4m | £647k | £186k |
| Profit after tax | £400k | £400k | £425k | £250k |
| Profit (best available) | £400k | £400k | £425k | £250k |
| Staff costs | £1.4m | £2.5m | £2.8m | £2.8m |
| Employees (average) | 51 | 53 | 55 | 57 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 6.7% | 3.5% | 4% | 2.7% |
| Gross margin | 41.4% | 42.5% | 42.8% | 45.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £117k | £212k | £195k | £164k |
| Profit per employee | £7.8k | £7.5k | £7.7k | £4.4k |
| Cash conversion | 162.2% | 39.3% | 159.8% | 242.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲88.6% | ▼4.8% | ▼13% |
| Profit growth | — | 0% | ▲6.3% | ▼41.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3.9% | ▲3.8% | ▲3.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £220k | £186k | £190k | £299k |
| Net assets | £1.6m | £1.6m | £1.6m | £1.6m |
| Fixed assets | £1.6m | £1.6m | £1.7m | £1.7m |
| Current assets | £4.2m | £5.4m | £4.5m | £4.5m |
| Cash from operations | £619k | £494k | £1m | £400k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 45.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £164k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 242.7%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 18.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- 0%
- Now £1.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲57%
- Now £299k
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 57
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £1.7m
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Douglas C. Adams & Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £250k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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