Kainos Software Limited
Registered name: KAINOS SOFTWARE LIMITED
Part of Kainos Group PLC groupKainos Software Limited made £196m revenue and £62.8m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Kainos Software Limited’s revenue was £196m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £62.8m profit and 1,437 employees. The company is classified under “business and domestic software development” and is based in Belfast; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Belfast
- Age
- 40 yrs · since 1986
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £209m | £197m | £196m |
| Cost of sales | −£134m | −£131m | −£136m |
| Gross profit | £75.4m | £65.3m | £59.9m |
| Operating profit | £23.4m | £12.9m | £4m |
| Profit before tax | £31.6m | £37.6m | £63.9m |
| Profit after tax | £27.3m | £34.4m | £62.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £27.3m | £34.4m | £62.8m |
| Employees (average) | 1,269 | 1,443 | 1,437 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 13% | 17.5% | 32.1% |
| Gross margin | 36% | 33.2% | 30.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £165k | £136k | £136k |
| Profit per employee | £21.5k | £23.8k | £43.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼6% | ▼0.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲26.2% | ▲82.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲13.7% | ▼0.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 32.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 30.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £136k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £43.7k
- 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
- ▼0%
- Now 1,437
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Kainos Group PLCultimate parent75–100%
- Kainos Software Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (5)
- Bankmore Investments LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Kainos Evolve LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Kainos Products LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Kainos Trustees LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Kainos Worksmart LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £62.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 22 Oct 2026
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