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Company No. 00861294 · Incorporated 12 Oct 1965

Unico Limited

Registered name: UNICO LIMITED

Part of Alexander Ross Holdings Limited group

Unico Limited made £14.6m revenue and £596k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.

Unico Limited’s revenue grew 10% to £14.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £596k profit and 44 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of chemical products” and is based in Swanley; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection G · Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehiclesSIC 46750Wholesale of chemical products
Status
Active
Location
Swanley, London
Age
61 yrs · since 1965
Type
Private Limited Company

Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently.

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2025

Key figures

Doing more with less
Revenue
£14.6m
Growth ▲9.9%
Profit
£596k
Growth ▲6%
Profit margin
4.1%
Gross 32.8%
Employees
44
Change ▼6.4%
Profit / employee
£13.6k
Revenue/employee £331k
Profitable streak
2yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

2 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202431 Dec 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£13.3m£14.6m
Cost of sales£8.8m£9.8m
Gross profit£4.5m£4.8m
Profit before tax£751k£815k
Profit after tax£563k£596k
Profit (best available)£563k£596k
Staff costs£1.6m£1.6m
Employees (average)4744
Ratios
Profit margin4.2%4.1%
Gross margin33.7%32.8%
Revenue per employee£282k£331k
Profit per employee£12k£13.6k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲9.9%
Profit growth—▲6%
Headcount growth—▼6.4%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£72.1k£727k
Net assets£4m£4.6m
Fixed assets£4.5m£4.5m
Current assets£3.6m£3.7m
Debtors£1.2m£1.7m
Deferred income£135k£187k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
4.1%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
32.8%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£331k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£13.6k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
30.8%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
1.3%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
11.6%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▲15%
Now £4.6m
Cash at bank
▲910%
Now £727k
Headcount
▼6%
Now 44
Deferred income
▲38%
Now £187k
Fixed assets
▲0%
Now £4.5m

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Alexander Ross Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Unico Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Subsidiaries (2)

Sister companies (4)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £596k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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