Interests of subsidiaries

12 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2017

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Interests of subsidiaries

5 Interests in subsidiaries

Particulars of principal subsidiaries as of March 31, 2016 and 2017 are as follows:

Name of company	Place of incorporation and kind of legal entity	Particulars of issued capital/ registered capital		Percentage of capital held by the Company						Principal activities
				2016			2017
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 and property investment
Bonso Electronics (Shenzhen) Company, Limited (“BESCL”)	PRC, limited liability company		US$12,621,222		100	%		100	%	Investment holding and property rental
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

* Shares directly held by the Company