Content Square Ltd
Registered name: CONTENT SQUARE LTD
Content Square Ltd made £33.7m revenue and a £15k loss in the year to 31 Jan 2025.
Content Square Ltd’s revenue fell 4% to £33.7m in the year to 31 Jan 2025, with a loss of £15k and 187 employees. The company is classified under “business and domestic software development” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 11 yrs · since 2015
- 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 Jan 2022 | 31 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £20.5m | £33.1m | £35.2m | £33.7m |
| Gross profit | £20.5m | £33.1m | £35.2m | £33.7m |
| Operating profit | £700k | £622k | −£77.9k | £424k |
| Profit before tax | £731k | £701k | −£132k | £658k |
| Profit after tax | £476k | £323k | −£132k | −£15k |
| Profit (best available) | £476k | £323k | −£132k | −£15k |
| Staff costs | £16.1m | £23.2m | £26m | £25.3m |
| Employees (average) | 124 | 196 | 197 | 187 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.3% | 1% | −0.4% | 0% |
| Gross margin | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Revenue per employee | £165k | £169k | £179k | £180k |
| Profit per employee | £3.8k | £1.6k | −£668 | −£80 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲61.9% | ▲6.3% | ▼4.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼32.2% | ▼140.7% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲58.1% | ▲0.5% | ▼5.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £584k | £5.1m | £4.1m | £1.7m |
| Net assets | £1.9m | £4.4m | £6m | £7.6m |
| Fixed assets | £1.3m | £749k | £589k | £435k |
| Current assets | £7.9m | £12.6m | £18m | £16.5m |
| Debtors | £3.5m | £4.1m | £6.8m | £4.1m |
| Deferred income | £3.7m | £6.3m | £9.5m | £6.5m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 100%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £180k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£80
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 19.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 12.3%
- 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
- ▲25%
- Now £7.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼59%
- Now £1.7m
- Headcount
- ▼5%
- Now 187
- Deferred income
- ▼31%
- Now £6.5m
- Fixed assets
- ▼26%
- Now £435k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Similar profitable businesses
- Macro 4 LimitedWorth,crawley · Business and domestic software development
- Revenue
- £34m
- Profit
- £6.8m
- Staff
- 150
- Greenzone Cleaning & Support Services LimitedLondon · Business and domestic software development
- Revenue
- £34.2m
- Profit
- £513k
- Staff
- 2,024
- Armis Security UK Ltd.London · Business and domestic software development
- Revenue
- £35.6m
- Profit
- £97.4k
- Staff
- 112
- Connectwise LtdHalesowen · Business and domestic software development
- Revenue
- £36m
- Profit
- £665k
- Staff
- 113
- SSP LimitedHalifax · Business and domestic software development
- Revenue
- £36.1m
- Profit
- £32.3m
- Staff
- 186
- Oh Goodlord LtdLondon · Business and domestic software development
- Revenue
- £30.9m
- Profit
- £7.2m
- Staff
- 318
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jan 2025 (profit −£15k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Contains public sector information from Companies House licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data from Companies House, © Crown copyright. View the licence.