Opus Business Systems Limited
Registered name: OPUS BUSINESS SYSTEMS LIMITED
Part of Opus Tech Limited groupOpus Business Systems Limited made £30.4m revenue and £1.7m profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025. read from filing text
Opus Business Systems Limited’s revenue grew 18% to £30.4m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £1.7m profit and 113 employees. The company is classified under “other service activities” and is based in Reigate; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Reigate, South East
- Age
- 34 yrs · since 1992
- 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. From the filing: “The ultimate parent undertaking became Opus Tech Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £17.1m | £20.9m | £25.8m | £30.4m |
| Cost of sales | £8.3m | £10.5m | £12.9m | £15.5m |
| Gross profit | £8.8m | £10.4m | £12.9m | £15m |
| Operating profit | £1.1m | £1.3m | £2.4m | £2.4m |
| Profit before tax | £1.1m | £1.3m | £2.3m | £2.3m |
| Profit after tax | £909k | £1.1m | £1.8m | £1.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £909k | £1.1m | £1.8m | £1.7m |
| Staff costs | £6m | £7.2m | £8.7m | £10.3m |
| Employees (average) | 86 | 92 | 102 | 113 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.3% | 5.3% | 6.9% | 5.7% |
| Gross margin | 51.6% | 49.9% | 50.1% | 49.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £198k | £227k | £253k | £269k |
| Profit per employee | £10.6k | £12k | £17.4k | £15.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲22.6% | ▲23.5% | ▲17.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲21.8% | ▲60.3% | ▼2.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7% | ▲10.9% | ▲10.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £972k | £1.9m | £1.9m | £1.3m |
| Net assets | £1.4m | £1.5m | £1.9m | £2.6m |
| Fixed assets | £364k | £477k | £726k | £779k |
| Current assets | £7.6m | £9.9m | £11.1m | £13.9m |
| Debtors | £2m | £2.6m | £2.2m | £3.3m |
| Deferred income | £2.3m | £3.9m | £4.7m | £5.5m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 49.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £269k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £15.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 18%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10.7%
- 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
- ▲33%
- Now £2.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼33%
- Now £1.3m
- Headcount
- ▲11%
- Now 113
- Deferred income
- ▲17%
- Now £5.5m
- Fixed assets
- ▲7%
- Now £779k
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
- Opus Tech Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Opus Business Systems Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Opus Network Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Opus Technology LtdRev. — · Profit £177k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £1.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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