So Code Ltd
Registered name: SO CODE LTD
So Code Ltd made £8.5m revenue and £819k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
So Code Ltd’s revenue fell 22% to £8.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £819k profit and 37 employees. The company is classified under “other activities of employment placement agencies” and is based in Milton Road; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Milton Road, East of England
- Age
- 10 yrs · since 2015
- 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 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £11.7m | £10.9m | £8.5m |
| Cost of sales | — | £7.3m | £6.8m | £4.7m |
| Gross profit | — | £4.5m | £4.2m | £3.9m |
| Operating profit | — | £1.8m | £1.3m | £973k |
| Profit before tax | — | £1.9m | £1.4m | £1.1m |
| Profit after tax | — | £1.5m | £1m | £819k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £1.5m | £1m | £819k |
| Staff costs | — | £2.2m | £2.3m | £2.3m |
| Employees (average) | 29 | 33 | 39 | 37 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 12.4% | 9.3% | 9.6% |
| Gross margin | — | 38.2% | 38.2% | 45.3% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £356k | £281k | £230k |
| Profit per employee | — | £44k | £26.2k | £22.1k |
| Cash conversion | — | 60.9% | 8.4% | −0.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼6.8% | ▼22.2% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼29.7% | ▼19.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲13.8% | ▲18.2% | ▼5.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.5m | £3.5m | £3.5m | £3.4m |
| Net assets | £4.3m | £5.6m | £6.4m | £7.1m |
| Fixed assets | £104k | £79.4k | £83.6k | £63.3k |
| Current assets | £4.6m | £5.9m | £6.8m | £7.5m |
| Debtors | £1.6m | £1.2m | £1m | £1.3m |
| Deferred income | £3.8k | £8.9k | £129k | £182k |
| Cash from operations | — | £1.1m | £109k | −£1.3k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 9.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 45.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £230k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £22.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −0.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.8%
- 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
- ▲11%
- Now £7.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼1%
- Now £3.4m
- Headcount
- ▼5%
- Now 37
- Deferred income
- ▲42%
- Now £182k
- Fixed assets
- ▼24%
- Now £63.3k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £819k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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