Ordnance Survey International Services Limited
Registered name: ORDNANCE SURVEY INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED
Part of Secretary Of State For Department For Science, Innovation And Technology groupOrdnance Survey International Services Limited made £2m revenue and a £421k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2024.
Ordnance Survey International Services Limited’s revenue grew 31% to £2m in the year to 31 Mar 2024, with a loss of £421k and 3 employees. The company is classified under “information technology consultancy activities” and is based in Southampton; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Southampton
- Age
- 10 yrs · since 2016
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.5m | £2m |
| Cost of sales | −£869k | −£1.1m |
| Gross profit | £647k | £902k |
| Operating profit | −£1.4m | £357k |
| Profit before tax | −£1.8m | −£421k |
| Profit after tax | −£1.8m | −£421k |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.8m | −£421k |
| Employees (average) | 1 | 3 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −116.3% | −21.3% |
| Gross margin | 42.7% | 45.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.5m | £659k |
| Profit per employee | −£1.8m | −£140k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲30.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲200% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −21.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 45.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £659k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£140k
- 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
- ▲200%
- Now 3
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Secretary Of State For Department For Science, Innovation And Technology (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Ordnance Survey Limited75–100%
- Ordnance Survey International Services Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Ordnance Survey Leisure LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2024 (profit −£421k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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