Ferag UK Ltd
Registered name: FERAG UK LTD
Ferag UK Ltd made £4.2m revenue and a £630k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Ferag UK Ltd’s revenue grew 22% to £4.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £630k and 15 employees. The company is classified under “agents involved in the sale of machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft” and is based in Harlow; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Harlow, East of England
- Age
- 56 yrs · since 1969
- 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 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £3.3m | £3.2m | £3.5m | £4.2m |
| Cost of sales | £1.8m | £2m | £1.9m | −£3.1m |
| Gross profit | £1.5m | £1.2m | £1.6m | £1.2m |
| Operating profit | £156k | −£13.9k | −£27.4k | −£620k |
| Profit before tax | £157k | −£9.2k | −£24.4k | −£616k |
| Profit after tax | £153k | −£9.3k | −£21.2k | −£630k |
| Profit (best available) | £153k | −£9.3k | −£21.2k | −£630k |
| Staff costs | £1m | £1.2m | £1.4m | — |
| Employees (average) | 14 | 17 | 18 | 15 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4.7% | −0.3% | −0.6% | −14.8% |
| Gross margin | 46.2% | 38.2% | 46.7% | 27.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £235k | £188k | £193k | £283k |
| Profit per employee | £10.9k | −£547 | −£1.2k | −£42k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼2.8% | ▲8.7% | ▲22.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼106.1% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲21.4% | ▲5.9% | ▼16.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £806k | £209k | £395k | — |
| Net assets | £1.6m | £1.6m | £1.6m | — |
| Fixed assets | — | £12.1k | £11.3k | — |
| Current assets | £2.8m | £2.3m | £3.5m | — |
| Debtors | £1.3m | £1.5m | £2.7m | — |
| Deferred income | £741k | £113k | £1.6m | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −14.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 27.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £283k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£42k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- ▼17%
- Now 15
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Minority corporate shareholders
- Ferag Ag (registered outside the UK register)
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£630k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 12 Oct 2026
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