Zippo UK Limited
Registered name: ZIPPO UK LIMITED
Zippo UK Limited made £2.9m revenue and £181k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Zippo UK Limited’s revenue was £2.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £181k profit. The company is classified under “non-specialised wholesale trade” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 71 yrs · since 1955
- 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 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £2.6m | £2.9m | £2.9m |
| Cost of sales | −£1.1m | −£1.5m | −£1.4m |
| Gross profit | £1.5m | £1.4m | £1.6m |
| Operating profit | £239k | £644k | £224k |
| Profit before tax | £250k | £661k | £242k |
| Profit after tax | £192k | £496k | £181k |
| Profit (best available) | £192k | £496k | £181k |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 7.4% | 16.9% | 6.1% |
| Gross margin | 56.7% | 48.1% | 53.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲13.2% | ▲0.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲159% | ▼63.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 53.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £181k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 12 Oct 2026
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