Scale Computing, Ltd
Registered name: SCALE COMPUTING, LTD
Scale Computing, Ltd made £1.4m revenue and £458k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2023.
Scale Computing, Ltd’s revenue was £1.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2023, with £458k profit and 4 employees. The company is classified under “other information technology service activities” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 16 yrs · since 2010
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.4m | £1.4m | £1.4m |
| Cost of sales | £399k | £420k | £395k |
| Gross profit | £974k | £1m | £1m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £604k |
| Profit before tax | £501k | £526k | £604k |
| Profit after tax | £449k | £394k | £458k |
| Profit (best available) | £449k | £394k | £458k |
| Employees (average) | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 32.7% | 27.3% | 31.7% |
| Gross margin | 70.9% | 70.9% | 72.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £458k | £482k | £361k |
| Profit per employee | £150k | £131k | £115k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲5.2% | ▼0% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼12.2% | ▲16.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲33.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £247k | £269k | — |
| Net assets | −£536k | −£142k | — |
| Current assets | £804k | £735k | — |
| Debtors | £379k | £414k | — |
| Deferred income | £691k | £615k | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 31.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 72.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £361k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £115k
- 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
- ▲33%
- Now 4
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2023 (profit £458k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 17 Oct 2026
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