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Company No. 01490333 · Incorporated 11 Apr 1980

Swarco UK & Ireland Ltd

Registered name: SWARCO UK & IRELAND LTD

Part of Swarco UK Holdings Limited group

Swarco UK & Ireland Ltd made £80.2m revenue and £2.5m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.

Swarco UK & Ireland Ltd’s revenue fell 12% to £80.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £2.5m profit and 416 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other electrical equipment” and is based in Basingstoke; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.

Status
Active
Location
Basingstoke, South East
Age
46 yrs · since 1980
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

Revenue
£80.2m
Growth ▼11.8%
Profit
£2.5m
Growth ▲66.7%
Profit margin
3.1%
Gross 16.8%
Employees
416
Change ▼11.5%
Profit / employee
£6k
Revenue/employee £193k
Profitable streak
5yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

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

5 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202131 Dec 202231 Dec 202331 Dec 202431 Dec 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&LFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£64.2m£63.6m£74.3m£90.9m£80.2m
Cost of sales£53.8m£54.5m£61.9m£76.9m£66.7m
Gross profit£10.3m£9m£12.3m£14.1m£13.5m
Operating profit£2.9m£1.5m−£102k£2.4m£2.6m
Profit before tax£3m£1.6m−£277k£2.4m£2.7m
Profit after tax£2.3m£2m£43.5k£1.5m£2.5m
Profit (best available)£2.3m£2m£43.5k£1.5m£2.5m
Staff costs—£19m£25.8m£27m£24.6m
Employees (average)374375472470416
Ratios
Profit margin3.6%3.2%0.1%1.7%3.1%
Gross margin16.1%14.2%16.6%15.5%16.8%
Revenue per employee£172k£170k£157k£193k£193k
Profit per employee£6.2k£5.4k£92£3.2k£6k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▼0.9%▲16.8%▲22.4%▼11.8%
Profit growth—▼12.3%▼97.9%▲3356%▲66.7%
Headcount growth—▲0.3%▲25.9%▼0.4%▼11.5%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£1.8m£1m£3.7m£2.1m£768k
Net assets£14.5m£16.6m£17m£18.5m£19.5m
Fixed assets£679k£1.8m£9.9m£9.7m£9.9m
Current assets£30m£33.4m£37.5m£43.4m£34.8m
Debtors£6m£7.5m£9.8m£15.1m£10.4m
Deferred income—£5m£4.3m£5.5m£4.7m
SourceAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
3.1%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
16.8%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£193k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£6k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
12.3%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
5.9%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
12.9%
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
▲5%
Now £19.5m
Cash at bank
▼64%
Now £768k
Headcount
▼11%
Now 416
Deferred income
▼15%
Now £4.7m
Fixed assets
▲1%
Now £9.9m

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. Swarco UK Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Swarco UK & Ireland Ltdthis company

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

Subsidiaries (2)

Sister companies (3)

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 2025 (profit £2.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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