On Direct Business Services Limited
Active04631034Admin & support servicesIncorporated 8 Jan 2003 · Reading
The principal activity of the company continued to be that of providing professional data management services to businesses.
Revenue
£26.0m
▲ +36.8% vs prior ~12m period
Profit after tax
£2.1m
Margin 11.3%
Employees
147
— vs prior ~12m period
Net assets
-£14.4m
Total assets £15.8m
Financial history
Revenue by accounting period
7 periods available · ▲ growth ▼ decline
Dec 2018Not available
Dec 2019
£17.2m
Dec 2020
£15.9m▼ -7.6%
Dec 2021
£19.0m▲ +19.5%
Dec 2022
£26.0m▲ +36.7%
Dec 2023Not available
Jun 2025Not available
| Period end | Revenue | Growth | Profit before tax | Employees | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Jun 2025 | — | — | £329k | 147 | -£14.4m |
| 31 Dec 2023 | — | — | -£530k | 141 | -£14.8m |
| 31 Dec 2022 | £26.0m | ▲ +36.7% | £1.6m | 137 | -£14.2m |
| 31 Dec 2021 | £19.0m | ▲ +19.5% | -£3.7m | 129 | -£16.3m |
| 31 Dec 2020 | £15.9m | ▼ -7.6% | -£4.4m | 127 | -£13.2m |
| 31 Dec 2019 | £17.2m | — | -£3.8m | 135 | -£8.9m |
| 31 Dec 2018 | — | — | — | — | -£5.1m |
Some periods are not about 12 months apart, usually because the company changed its year end or the register holds more than one set of accounts for a year. Growth is shown only against a prior period roughly 12 months earlier.
Latest available figures
Period ending 31 Dec 2022. “Not available” means the figure is not in the accounts we hold. We do not estimate missing figures.
Profit & loss
- Revenue
- £26.0m
- Gross profit
- £11.2m
- Operating profit
- £2.9m
- Profit before tax
- £1.6m
- Profit after tax
- £2.1m
Balance sheet
- Total assets
- £15.8m
- Cash
- £1.2m
- Total liabilities
- £30.3m
- Net assets
- -£14.4m
- Revenue per employee
- Not available
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