Saab UK Ltd
Registered name: SAAB UK LTD
Part of Saab Ab groupSaab UK Ltd made £96.9m revenue and £3m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Saab UK Ltd’s revenue grew 65% to £96.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £3m profit and 254 employees. The company is classified under “other service activities” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 43 yrs · since 1983
- 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 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) | £31.7m | £40.8m | £58.8m | £96.9m |
| Cost of sales | £13.3m | £15m | £30.5m | £55.4m |
| Gross profit | £18.4m | £25.8m | £28.3m | £41.5m |
| Operating profit | £1.8m | £650k | £3.1m | £6.1m |
| Profit before tax | £1.9m | £655k | £2.5m | £2.9m |
| Profit after tax | £1.5m | £532k | £2.5m | £3m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.5m | £532k | £2.5m | £3m |
| Staff costs | £9.9m | £15.4m | £19.5m | £22.7m |
| Employees (average) | 107 | 163 | 228 | 254 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4.7% | 1.3% | 4.2% | 3.1% |
| Gross margin | 58.1% | 63.3% | 48.1% | 42.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £297k | £250k | £258k | £381k |
| Profit per employee | £13.8k | £3.3k | £10.9k | £11.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲28.6% | ▲44.1% | ▲64.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼63.9% | ▲368.4% | ▲20.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲52.3% | ▲39.9% | ▲11.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £5.6m | £11.4m | £4.4m | £2.9m |
| Net assets | £8.6m | £26.1m | £32.1m | £60.1m |
| Fixed assets | £3.9m | £38.1m | £42.8m | £63.4m |
| Current assets | £10.1m | £22.2m | £24.3m | £58.9m |
| Debtors | £87.9k | £1.7m | £313k | £77.2k |
| Deferred income | £1.2m | £2.4m | £7.9m | £560k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 42.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £381k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £11.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 65.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- 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
- ▲87%
- Now £60.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼35%
- Now £2.9m
- Headcount
- ▲11%
- Now 254
- Deferred income
- ▼93%
- Now £560k
- Fixed assets
- ▲48%
- Now £63.4m
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
- Saab Ab (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Saab UK Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Saab Seaeye LimitedRev. £33m · Profit −£6.1m
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 £3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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