Storm Ideas Limited
Registered name: STORM IDEAS LIMITED
Storm Ideas Limited made £12.7m revenue and £2.2m profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Storm Ideas Limited’s revenue grew 13% to £12.7m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £2.2m profit and 151 employees. The company is classified under “business and domestic software development” and is based in Edinburgh; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Edinburgh, Scotland
- Age
- 18 yrs · since 2008
- 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 | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £7.1m | £10.8m | £11.2m | £12.7m |
| Cost of sales | £1.4m | £2m | −£2.1m | −£2.3m |
| Gross profit | £5.7m | £8.7m | £9.1m | £10.4m |
| Operating profit | £1.3m | £1.9m | £1.6m | £2.8m |
| Profit before tax | £1.3m | £1.8m | £1.6m | £2.8m |
| Profit after tax | £1.2m | £1.6m | £1.1m | £2.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.2m | £1.6m | £1.1m | £2.2m |
| Employees (average) | 87 | 123 | 148 | 151 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 16.3% | 14.5% | 9.9% | 17.1% |
| Gross margin | 80% | 81.2% | 81.5% | 81.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £81.7k | £87.6k | £75.8k | £84.1k |
| Profit per employee | £13.3k | £12.7k | £7.5k | £14.4k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | — | 86.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲51.5% | ▲4.2% | ▲13.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲34.9% | ▼28.6% | ▲95.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲41.4% | ▲20.3% | ▲2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £285k | £317k | £730k | £604k |
| Net assets | £119k | £681k | £250k | £600k |
| Fixed assets | £249k | £334k | £262k | £149k |
| Current assets | £1.2m | £1.7m | — | — |
| Debtors | £631k | £973k | £1.4m | £1.5m |
| Cash from operations | — | — | — | £2.4m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 17.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 81.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £84.1k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £14.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 86.9%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11.8%
- 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
- ▲139%
- Now £600k
- Cash at bank
- ▼17%
- Now £604k
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 151
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼43%
- Now £149k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit £2.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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