Container Solutions Software Ltd
Registered name: CONTAINER SOLUTIONS SOFTWARE LTD
Part of Project Hermes Topco Limited groupContainer Solutions Software Ltd made £3m revenue and a £756k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Container Solutions Software Ltd’s revenue fell 48% to £3m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £756k and 16 employees. The company is classified under “business and domestic software development” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 10 yrs · since 2016
- 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 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £5.8m | £3m |
| Cost of sales | −£2.8m | −£1.4m |
| Gross profit | £3m | £1.6m |
| Operating profit | −£682k | −£723k |
| Profit before tax | −£697k | −£752k |
| Profit after tax | −£639k | −£756k |
| Profit (best available) | −£639k | −£756k |
| Employees (average) | 28 | 16 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −11.1% | −25.1% |
| Gross margin | 51.8% | 52.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £206k | £188k |
| Profit per employee | −£22.8k | −£47.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼47.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼42.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −25.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 52.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £188k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£47.3k
- 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
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼43%
- Now 16
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Project Hermes Topco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Project Hermes Midco Limited75–100%
- Project Hermes Bidco Limited75–100%
- Container Solutions Software Group Ltd75–100%
- Container Solutions Software Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Engineerbetter LtdRev. £587k · Profit £89.7k
- Container Solutions Software Nominees LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit −£756k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 12 Oct 2026
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