Swarco UK & Ireland Ltd
Registered name: SWARCO UK & IRELAND LTD
Part of Swarco UK Holdings Limited groupSwarco 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2021 | 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 | Full 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) | 374 | 375 | 472 | 470 | 416 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 3.6% | 3.2% | 0.1% | 1.7% | 3.1% |
| Gross margin | 16.1% | 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 |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
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.
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.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Swarco UK Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Swarco UK & Ireland Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Evolt Charging LtdFigures not disclosed
- Radley Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (3)
- Swarco UK LimitedRev. £14.8k · Profit £465k
- Hi Way Topco LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Hitex Holdings 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 2025 (profit £2.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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