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Company No. SC411490 · Incorporated 17 Nov 2011

Kdab (UK) Ltd

Registered name: KDAB (UK) LTD

Part of Klaralvdalens Datakonsult Ab group

Kdab (UK) Ltd made £1.8m revenue and £38.5k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.

Kdab (UK) Ltd’s revenue fell 5% to £1.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £38.5k profit and 14 employees. The company is classified under “information technology consultancy activities” and is based in Linlithgow; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection J · Information and communicationSIC 62020Information technology consultancy activities
Status
Active
Location
Linlithgow, Scotland
Age
14 yrs · since 2011
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.

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2025

Key figures

Revenue
£1.8m
Growth ▼4.8%
Profit
£38.5k
Growth —
Profit margin
2.1%
 
Employees
14
Change ▲7.7%
Profit / employee
£2.7k
Revenue/employee £128k
Profitable streak
1yr
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202231 Dec 202331 Dec 202431 Dec 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£1.9m£2m£1.9m£1.8m
Operating profit—£49.4k−£140k£9.8k
Profit before tax£227k£49.4k−£139k£11.3k
Profit after tax£223k£74.5k−£121k£38.5k
Profit (best available)£223k£74.5k−£121k£38.5k
Staff costs£888k£893k£897k£915k
Employees (average)14131314
Ratios
Profit margin11.8%3.7%−6.5%2.1%
Revenue per employee£136k£156k£145k£128k
Profit per employee£15.9k£5.7k−£9.3k£2.7k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲7.1%▼7.5%▼4.8%
Profit growth—▼66.6%▼262.8%—
Headcount growth—▼7.1%0%▲7.7%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£59.6k£72.1k£192k£107k
Net assets£571k£645k£524k£562k
Current assets£673k£685k£704k£623k
Debtors£594k£600k£482k£498k
Deferred income—£34.6k£157k£25.7k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
2.1%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
—
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£128k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£2.7k
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
1.4%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
27.8%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▲7%
Now £562k
Cash at bank
▼44%
Now £107k
Headcount
▲8%
Now 14
Deferred income
▼84%
Now £25.7k
Fixed assets
—
Now —

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Klaralvdalens Datakonsult Ab (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
  2. Kdab (UK) 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 £38.5k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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