Rega Research Limited
Registered name: REGA RESEARCH LIMITED
Part of Rega Trustees Limited groupRega Research Limited made £15.8m revenue and £875k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025. read from filing text
Rega Research Limited’s revenue grew 11% to £15.8m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £875k profit and 137 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other electrical equipment” and is based in Southend-on-Sea; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Southend-on-Sea, East of England
- Age
- 53 yrs · since 1973
- 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. From the filing: “Rega Research Limited is a 100% subsidiary of Rega Developments Limited, which is the parent company. Rega Developments Limited has a registered office address of Unit 6 Coopers Way, Temple Farm Indus”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £21m | £13.7m | £14.2m | £15.8m |
| Cost of sales | £12.1m | £8.2m | £9.5m | £10.2m |
| Gross profit | £8.9m | £5.5m | £4.6m | £5.5m |
| Operating profit | £4.1m | £1.6m | £274k | £915k |
| Profit before tax | £4.1m | £1.8m | £639k | £1.2m |
| Profit after tax | £3.7m | £1.5m | £709k | £875k |
| Profit (best available) | £3.7m | £1.5m | £709k | £875k |
| Staff costs | £4.8m | £3.5m | £4.2m | £4.4m |
| Employees (average) | 156 | 141 | 126 | 137 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 17.6% | 11% | 5% | 5.5% |
| Gross margin | 42.2% | 40.2% | 32.6% | 35.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £135k | £97.4k | £112k | £115k |
| Profit per employee | £23.7k | £10.7k | £5.6k | £6.4k |
| Cash conversion | −49.2% | −61% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼34.6% | ▲3% | ▲11.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼59% | ▼53.2% | ▲23.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼9.6% | ▼10.6% | ▲8.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £8.6m | £9m | £9.9m | £9.3m |
| Net assets | £19.7m | £21.2m | £21.9m | £22.8m |
| Fixed assets | £3.1m | £3.3m | £3.5m | £3.5m |
| Current assets | £19m | £19.4m | £20.3m | £21.8m |
| Debtors | £832k | £488k | £306k | £419k |
| Deferred income | £1m | £80.2k | £544k | £716k |
| Cash from operations | −£2m | −£985k | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 35.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £115k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 22.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.5%
- 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
- ▲4%
- Now £22.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▼6%
- Now £9.3m
- Headcount
- ▲9%
- Now 137
- Deferred income
- ▲32%
- Now £716k
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £3.5m
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
- Rega Trustees Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Rega Developments Limited75–100%
- Rega Research Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit £875k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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