Review Display Systems Limited
Registered name: REVIEW DISPLAY SYSTEMS LIMITED
Part of Volex PLC groupReview Display Systems Limited made £9m revenue and a £1.1m loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Review Display Systems Limited’s revenue fell 31% to £9m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £1.1m and 37 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of electronic industrial process control equipment” and is based in Basingstoke; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Basingstoke, South East
- Age
- 44 yrs · since 1982
- 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: “The immediate parent company is GSRG Holdings Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales. GSRG's registered address is”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £11.8m | £13m | £9m |
| Cost of sales | £6.5m | £8.2m | £8.4m | £5.8m |
| Gross profit | — | £3.6m | £4.6m | £3.1m |
| Operating profit | — | £1.5m | £1.8m | £54.8k |
| Profit before tax | £919k | £1.4m | £1.8m | −£1.1m |
| Profit after tax | — | £7.5k | £1.7m | −£1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £919k | £7.5k | £1.7m | −£1.1m |
| Staff costs | £1.3m | £1.5m | £1.7m | £2.1m |
| Employees (average) | 33 | 35 | 38 | 37 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 0.1% | 13.3% | −12.7% |
| Gross margin | — | 30.6% | 35.5% | 34.8% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £338k | £343k | £242k |
| Profit per employee | £27.9k | £213 | £45.8k | −£30.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲10.2% | ▼31.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼99.2% | ▲23223% | ▼165.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.1% | ▲8.6% | ▼2.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £49.2k | £1m | £1.7m | £38.1k |
| Net assets | £3.1m | £4m | £4.3m | £3.2m |
| Fixed assets | £76.7k | £53.7k | £45.4k | £72.5k |
| Current assets | £5.2m | £5.9m | £5.6m | £4.9m |
| Debtors | £2.4m | £1.8m | £1.6m | £1.9m |
| Deferred income | £92.1k | £0 | £19.2k | £6.5k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −12.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 34.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £242k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£30.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 21.6%
- 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
- ▼26%
- Now £3.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼98%
- Now £38.1k
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 37
- Deferred income
- ▼66%
- Now £6.5k
- Fixed assets
- ▲59%
- Now £72.5k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Volex PLCultimate parent75–100%
- GTK (Holdco) Limited75–100%
- GSRG Holdings Limited75–100%
- Review Display Systems Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Iqrf UK LimitedRev. — · Profit £7.5k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit −£1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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