NSF Safety and Quality UK Limited
Registered name: NSF SAFETY AND QUALITY UK LIMITED
Part of NSF International UK Limited groupNSF Safety and Quality UK Limited made a £2m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
NSF Safety and Quality UK Limited reported a loss of £2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 164 employees. The company is classified under “other service activities” and is based in Oxford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Oxford, South East
- Age
- 41 yrs · since 1985
- 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 of NSF Safety and Quality UK Limited is NSF International UK Limited, a company registered in England and Wales. Its registered address is:”
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
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 | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | — |
| Cost of sales | £16.3m | £15.9m | £15.8m | £16.5m |
| Profit after tax | −£891k | −£1.7m | −£2.4m | −£2m |
| Profit (best available) | −£891k | −£1.7m | −£2.4m | −£2m |
| Staff costs | £10.4m | £11.3m | £11.2m | £11.3m |
| Employees (average) | 179 | 172 | 169 | 164 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | — |
| Profit per employee | −£5k | −£9.9k | −£14k | −£12.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Headcount growth | — | ▼3.9% | ▼1.7% | ▼3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.6m | £1.9m | £1.3m | £1.2m |
| Net assets | −£4.1m | −£5.8m | −£2.2m | −£3.3m |
| Fixed assets | £2.2m | £2.2m | £2.1m | £2.1m |
| Current assets | £5.8m | £5.2m | £4.6m | £5.5m |
| Debtors | £2.8m | £2.1m | £2.7m | £2.5m |
| Deferred income | £230k | £130k | £75.4k | £123k |
| Cash from operations | — | −£1.4m | −£471k | −£886k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£12.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now −£3.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼6%
- Now £1.2m
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 164
- Deferred income
- ▲63%
- Now £123k
- Fixed assets
- ▲1%
- Now £2.1m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- NSF International UK Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- NSF Safety and Quality UK Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- NSF Certification UK LimitedRev. £9.2m · Profit £1.2m
Sister companies (1)
- NSF Health Sciences Ltd.Rev. — · Profit £725k
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 −£2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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