# SOFTCAT

Summary updated: 2026-10-04T15:23:39.216731Z
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## Overview

Softcat is a UK-based value-added IT reseller and technology solutions provider serving corporate and public-sector organisations. It helps customers design, procure, implement and manage IT, with work spanning software, workplace technology, cloud and data-centre solutions, cybersecurity, networking, advisory and managed services. Its principal technology areas include workspace, hybrid platforms, cybersecurity, networking and connectivity, and data, AI and automation. [1](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P60748399)[2](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P45716627)[3](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P114546356)

Softcat’s stated purpose is “To help customers use technology to succeed, by putting our employees first.” [4](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P10347911) Its FY2025 report lists operations in the UK, Ireland, USA, Canada, Netherlands, Germany, Hong Kong, Singapore and Australia. [5](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P105563055) For the year ended 31 July 2025, revenue was £1,458.4 million and the company had 2,768 employees; revenue for the six months ended 31 January 2026 was £837.5 million. [6](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T2895690)[7](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P53239799)[8](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T6420918)
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## Products & services

Softcat supplies software, hardware and IT services, combining products from technology vendors into solutions across public cloud, collaboration, data centre and private cloud, devices, networking and cyber security. Its data-centre and private-cloud capabilities include compute, storage and network infrastructure; its cloud offering includes multi-cloud environments such as Microsoft Azure, AWS and Google Cloud Platform, while device products include tablets, mobile phones and peripherals. [9](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P38118531)[10](https://www.softcat.com/solutions)[11](https://www.softcat.com/solutions/data-centre-and-private-cloud)[12](https://www.softcat.com/solutions/cloud)[13](https://www.softcat.com/solutions/devices)[14](https://www.softcat.com/solutions/collaboration)

Services range from advisory and solution architecture to implementation, support and managed operations. Offerings include 24/7 managed services monitored from UK operations centres, cloud-security services spanning assessment through implementation and optimisation, and hybrid-infrastructure support for storage, servers and networks. Named managed offerings include Managed Azure Service, covering Azure planning, deployment support, security management and 24/7 assistance for IaaS and PaaS, and a Cisco-powered Managed SD-WAN Service covering design, implementation, monitoring and round-the-clock support. [15](https://www.softcat.com/softcat-services)[16](https://www.softcat.com/softcat-services/managed-services)[17](https://www.softcat.com/solutions/cyber-security/cloud-security-services)[18](https://www.softcat.com/it-services/hybrid-infrastructure-support-services)[19](https://www.softcat.com/softcat-services/managed-services/managed-azure-service)[20](https://www.softcat.com/softcat-services/managed-services/managed-sd-wan-service)

In FY2025, reported revenue was £985.7 million from hardware, £245.4 million from services and £227.2 million from software, equivalent to approximately 67.6%, 16.8% and 15.6% of total revenue, respectively. These are broad revenue categories rather than individual product lines. [21](https://www.softcat.com/7617/6234/7977/Softcat-plc-Annual-Report-and-Accounts-2025.pdf_-_Interactive_pdf.pdf)
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## Geographic presence

In FY2025, the UK accounted for over 95% of Softcat’s revenue and headcount. The company identifies the UK and Ireland as its core market, but does not provide revenue percentages by individual country. [22](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P4059472)[23](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P45637424) It also supports multinational customers through branches across Europe and Asia-Pacific, and an office in Virginia, USA, with approximately 20 employees; the annual report does not specify the countries where its branches are located. [24](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P46150593)

At 31 July 2025, Softcat reported 12 offices across the UK and Ireland, the USA and Singapore, alongside five international branches, and 2,768 employees. [25](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T2051710)[7](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P53239799) More than 95% of its headcount was in the UK; no employee breakdown by country or office was reported. [22](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P4059472) Its registered office is in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, UK. [26](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P28735081)
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## Business segments

Softcat reports one IFRS 8 operating segment: “value-added IT reseller and IT infrastructure solutions provider.” The company says its chief operating decision-maker allocates resources and evaluates performance based on the Group’s overall activities; its product and customer categories are revenue disaggregations, not separately reported operating segments. [9](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P38118531)

For the year ended 31 July 2025, revenue was £227.242m from software (about 15.6%), £985.724m from hardware (67.6%) and £245.445m from services (16.8%), out of £1,458.411m total revenue. [27](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T2178296) By customer/business type, revenue was £914.190m from small and medium customers (about 62.7%), £318.380m from enterprise (21.8%) and £225.841m from the public sector (15.5%). These are two distinct breakdowns of the same total, not additional operating segments. [27](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T2178296)
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## Company history

Softcat was founded by Peter Kelly in 1993, initially selling computers from a shed in High Wycombe. Its timeline records its first profitable year in 1995, adoption of the Softcat name in 2002, and launch of eCat, an online customer purchasing platform, in 2013. [28](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P81969478)[29](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P53937843)

Martin Hellawell joined as managing director in 2006 and led the company through substantial growth before becoming chair when Graeme Watt took over as CEO in April 2018. Softcat’s shares began trading on the London Stock Exchange main market on 18 November 2015, and the company joined the FTSE 250 in March 2016. In August 2023, Watt became chairman and Graham Charlton, previously CFO, became CEO. [30](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P48894948)[31](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P13083671)[32](https://www.softcat.com/1116/1373/6218/admission-announcement.pdf)[33](https://www.softcat.com/download_file/view/2140/292)[34](https://www.softcat.com/news/2023-succession-plans)

In April 2025, Softcat completed its first acquisition, purchasing Oakland Group Services, a UK consultancy focused on data platforms, strategy, governance, analytics and AI. [35](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P35546194)[36](https://www.softcat.com/news/softcat-expands-provide-everything-data-oakland-acquisition)[37](https://www.softcat.com/4717/6111/2589/Softcat_plc_Prelims_FY2025.pdf)
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37. [www.softcat.com](https://www.softcat.com/4717/6111/2589/Softcat_plc_Prelims_FY2025.pdf)

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