Interests of subsidiaries (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Schedule of subsidiaries

Name of company	Place of incorpration and kind of legal entity	Particulars of issued capital registered capital	Percentage of capital held by the Company				Principal activities
			2014		2015
Bonso Electronics Limited * (“BEL”)	Hong Kong, limited liability company	HK$5,000,000 (US$641,026)		100%		100%	Investment holding, providing management and administrative support to the Group companies
Bonso Investment Limited (“BIL”)	Hong Kong, limited liability company	HK$3,000,000 (US$384,615)		100%		100%	Investment holding
Bonso Electronics (Shenzhen) Company, Limited (“BESCL”)	PRC, limited liability company	US$12,621,222		100%		100%	Investment holding
Bonso Advanced Technology Limited * (“BATL”)	Hong Kong, limited liability company	HK$1,000,000 (US$128,205)		100%		100%	Investment holding, and trading of scales and pet electronics products
Bonso Advanced Technology (Xinxing) Company, Limited (“BATXXCL”)	PRC, limited liability company	US$10,000,000		100%		100%	Production of scales and pet electronics products
Bonso Technology (Shenzhen) Company, Limited (“BTL”)	PRC, limited liability company	HK$200,000		100%		100%	Product development
Xinxing An Bang Metal and Plastic Manufacturing Company Limited (“ANB”)	PRC, limited liability company	HK$500,000		100%		100%	Employs workers for assembly of scales and pet electronics products

* Shares directly held by the Company