How much does Join the Dots (Research) Ltd make?

Join the Dots (Research) Ltd reported revenue of £6.7m and £560k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025, according to its accounts filed at Companies House.

How many employees does Join the Dots (Research) Ltd have?

Join the Dots (Research) Ltd reported an average of 82 employees in the year to 31 Dec 2025.

Is Join the Dots (Research) Ltd profitable?

Yes — Join the Dots (Research) Ltd reported a profit of £560k in the year to 31 Dec 2025.

Company No. 03546594 · Incorporated 16 Apr 1998

Join the Dots (Research) Ltd

Registered name: JOIN THE DOTS (RESEARCH) LTD

Part of Insites Compages Nv group

Join the Dots (Research) Ltd made £6.7m revenue and £560k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text

Join the Dots (Research) Ltd’s revenue fell 25% to £6.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £560k profit and 82 employees. The company is classified under “market research and public opinion polling” and is based in Manchester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection M · Professional, scientific and technical activitiesSIC 73200Market research and public opinion polling

Status: Active
Location: Manchester, North West
Age: 28 yrs · since 1998
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: “Join the Dots Holdings Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales, is the immediate parent company of Join the Dots (Research) Limited and is the smallest group of undertakings in which Join”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2025

Key figures

Revenue

£6.7m

Growth ▼25.3%

Profit

£560k

Growth ▼72.7%

Profit margin

8.4%

Gross 94.5%

Employees

Change ▼19.6%

Profit / employee

£6.8k

Revenue/employee £81.3k

Profitable streak

2yrs

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 to	31 Dec 2022	31 Dec 2023	31 Dec 2024	31 Dec 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)	£30.6m	£12.1m	£8.9m	£6.7m
Cost of sales	£13.7m	£2m	£146k	£368k
Gross profit	£17m	£10.2m	£8.8m	£6.3m
Operating profit	£3.9m	£2.3m	£1.7m	£92.4k
Profit before tax	£3.7m	−£120k	£2.5m	£550k
Profit after tax	£3.3m	−£485k	£2m	£560k
Profit (best available)	£3.3m	−£485k	£2m	£560k
Staff costs	£11.1m	£6.5m	£6.2m	£5.7m
Employees (average)	135	117	102	82
Ratios
Profit margin	10.7%	−4%	23%	8.4%
Gross margin	55.4%	83.9%	98.4%	94.5%
Revenue per employee	£227k	£104k	£87.5k	£81.3k
Profit per employee	£24.3k	−£4.1k	£20.1k	£6.8k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth	—	—	▼26.4%	▼25.3%
Profit growth	—	—	—	▼72.7%
Headcount growth	—	—	▼12.8%	▼19.6%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank	£771k	£379k	£614k	£287k
Net assets	£10.5m	£10.1m	£12.1m	£7.3m
Fixed assets	£4.5m	£1.8m	£1.7m	£1.7m
Current assets	£33.5m	£22.7m	£17.7m	£10.4m
Debtors	£2m	£2.2m	£1.7m	£749k
Deferred income	£1.7m	£236k	£1.9m	£99.1k
Source	FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025	FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025	FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025	FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026

Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin: 8.4%; Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin: 94.5%; Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee: £81.3k; Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee: £6.8k; Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion: —; Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue: 25.4%; Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue: 1.5%; Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue: 11.2%; 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: ▼40%; Now £7.3m
Cash at bank: ▼53%; Now £287k
Headcount: ▼20%; Now 82
Deferred income: ▼95%; Now £99.1k
Fixed assets: ▼2%; Now £1.7m

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

Insites Compages Nv (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
Join the Dots Holdings Limited75–100%
Join the Dots (Research) Ltdthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Subsidiaries (1)

Space Doctors LimitedFigures not disclosed

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £560k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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