Meridian IT Limited
Registered name: MERIDIAN IT LIMITED
Part of Merex Technology Inc. groupMeridian IT Limited made £17.2m revenue and £996k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026.
Meridian IT Limited’s revenue fell 13% to £17.2m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with £996k profit and 65 employees. The company is classified under “other information technology service activities” and is based in Henley in Arden; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Henley in Arden, West Midlands
- Age
- 35 yrs · since 1991
- 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 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £20.9m | £19.5m | £19.7m | £17.2m |
| Cost of sales | £14.8m | £13.1m | £14.6m | £11.8m |
| Gross profit | £6.1m | £6.3m | £5.2m | £5.4m |
| Operating profit | £2.3m | £2.4m | £1.3m | £1.5m |
| Profit before tax | £2.4m | £2.5m | £1.4m | £1.4m |
| Profit after tax | £1.9m | £1.9m | £1m | £996k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.9m | £1.9m | £1m | £996k |
| Staff costs | £3.9m | £4.2m | £5.3m | £5.5m |
| Employees (average) | 39 | 49 | 73 | 65 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 9.2% | 9.6% | 5.2% | 5.8% |
| Gross margin | 29.1% | 32.6% | 26.2% | 31.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £537k | £397k | £270k | £265k |
| Profit per employee | £49.2k | £38.1k | £14.1k | £15.3k |
| Cash conversion | −177.1% | −11.5% | −420.8% | 61.2% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼7% | ▲1.3% | ▼12.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼2.8% | ▼45% | ▼2.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲25.6% | ▲49% | ▼11% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £5.8m | £4.5m | £6.3m | £5m |
| Net assets | £4.1m | £6m | £5m | £6m |
| Fixed assets | £757k | £1.5m | £2.4m | £1.9m |
| Current assets | £9.5m | £10.9m | £9.7m | £8.9m |
| Debtors | £2.9m | £5.2m | £1.7m | £1.7m |
| Deferred income | — | — | £1.9m | £1.3m |
| Cash from operations | −£4.1m | −£281k | −£5.5m | £891k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 31.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £265k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £15.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 61.2%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 11.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 7.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 9.9%
- 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
- ▲20%
- Now £6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼20%
- Now £5m
- Headcount
- ▼11%
- Now 65
- Deferred income
- ▼30%
- Now £1.3m
- Fixed assets
- ▼20%
- Now £1.9m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Merex Technology Inc. (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Meridian IT Limitedthis 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 Mar 2026 (profit £996k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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