Columbus Global UK Ltd
Registered name: COLUMBUS GLOBAL UK LTD
Part of Columbus A/S groupColumbus Global UK Ltd made £40.8m revenue and £4.9m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Columbus Global UK Ltd’s revenue fell 2% to £40.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £4.9m profit and 216 employees. The company is classified under “business and domestic software development” and is based in Nottingham; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Nottingham, East Midlands
- Age
- 32 yrs · since 1994
- 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 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £32.4m | £41.7m | £40.8m |
| Cost of sales | £7.9m | £10.3m | −£8.3m |
| Gross profit | £24.5m | £31.4m | £32.5m |
| Operating profit | £2m | £6.2m | £6.1m |
| Profit before tax | £2.2m | £6.2m | £6.3m |
| Profit after tax | £1.6m | £4.7m | £4.9m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.6m | £4.7m | £4.9m |
| Employees (average) | 208 | 216 | 216 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 5.1% | 11.2% | 12% |
| Gross margin | 75.5% | 75.2% | 79.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £156k | £193k | £189k |
| Profit per employee | £7.9k | £21.6k | £22.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲28.7% | ▼2.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲182.9% | ▲5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3.9% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £3.2m | £5m | — |
| Net assets | £9.4m | £14m | — |
| Fixed assets | £6.7m | £9.4m | — |
| Current assets | £7.9m | £13m | — |
| Debtors | £4.3m | £5.6m | — |
| Deferred income | £2.4m | £2.6m | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 12%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 79.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £189k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £22.6k
- 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 216
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Columbus A/S (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Columbus Global 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 accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £4.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 16 Oct 2026
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