Diabetes UK Services Limited
Registered name: DIABETES UK SERVICES LIMITED
Part of British Diabetic Association(The) groupDiabetes UK Services Limited made £2m revenue and £448k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2023.
Diabetes UK Services Limited’s revenue grew 13% to £2m in the year to 31 Dec 2023, with £448k profit and 0 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale via mail order houses or via internet” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 59 yrs · since 1966
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.8m | £2m |
| Cost of sales | £650k | £655k |
| Gross profit | £1.1m | £1.3m |
| Operating profit | £205k | £445k |
| Profit before tax | £206k | £448k |
| Profit after tax | £206k | £448k |
| Profit (best available) | £206k | £448k |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 11.7% | 22.5% |
| Gross margin | 63.2% | 67.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲12.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲117.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £714k | £76k |
| Net assets | £40k | £40k |
| Fixed assets | £0 | £0 |
| Current assets | £913k | £566k |
| Debtors | £63k | £53k |
| Deferred income | £209k | £27k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 22.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 67.1%
- 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
- 0%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.7%
- 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
- 0%
- Now £40k
- Cash at bank
- ▼89%
- Now £76k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- ▼87%
- Now £27k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £0
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- British Diabetic Association(The)ultimate parent75–100%
- Diabetes UK Services Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (8)
- Diabetes FoundationFigures not disclosed
- Diabetes Research LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Diabetes Society LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Diabetes UK Company Secretarial Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Diabetes UK LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Diabetic Research LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Diabetic Society LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Society for Diabetes LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2023 (profit £448k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 12 Oct 2026
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