DRB Hosting Ltd
Registered name: DRB HOSTING LTD
Part of Sentillia Tech B.V. groupDRB Hosting Ltd made £3.7m revenue and £33.2k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
DRB Hosting Ltd’s revenue grew 43% to £3.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £33.2k profit and 1 employee. The company is classified under “other information technology service activities” and is based in Portsmouth; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Portsmouth, South East
- Age
- 6 yrs · since 2019
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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. From the filing: “Throughout the year, the company's entire share capital was held by Sentillia Tech B.V., a company incorporated in the Netherlands. Sentillia Tech B.V is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sentillia B.V. a ”
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 | Profit only | Profit only | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £2.6m | £3.7m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £166k | −£51.3k |
| Profit after tax | £48k | £34.9k | £52.9k | £33.2k |
| Profit (best available) | £48k | £34.9k | £52.9k | £33.2k |
| Staff costs | — | — | £599k | £146k |
| Employees (average) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 2.1% | 0.9% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £2.6m | £3.7m |
| Profit per employee | £24k | £17.5k | £52.9k | £33.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲43% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼27.3% | ▲51.3% | ▼37.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼50% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £75.1k | £36.6k | £129k | £1.2m |
| Net assets | £319k | £1.3m | £3m | £4.7m |
| Fixed assets | £735k | £1.3m | £4.3m | £4.3m |
| Current assets | £429k | £596k | £425k | £2.2m |
| Debtors | £114k | £90k | £43.1k | £27.3k |
| Deferred income | — | — | £415k | £0 |
| Cash from operations | — | — | −£2m | −£399k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £3.7m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £33.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 116.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- 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
- ▲57%
- Now £4.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲815%
- Now £1.2m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 1
- Deferred income
- ▼100%
- Now £0
- Fixed assets
- ▼2%
- Now £4.3m
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
- Sentillia Tech B.V. (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- DRB Hosting Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
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 £33.2k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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