Tempo Europe Limited
Registered name: TEMPO EUROPE LIMITED
Tempo Europe Limited made £1.3m revenue and £59.9k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Tempo Europe Limited’s revenue grew 12% to £1.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £59.9k profit and 8 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of telegraph and telephone apparatus and equipment” and is based in Cardiff; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cardiff, Wales
- Age
- 41 yrs · since 1985
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.2m | £1.2m | £1.3m |
| Cost of sales | −£692k | −£728k | −£761k |
| Gross profit | £482k | £443k | £548k |
| Operating profit | £10.7k | £24.5k | £58.6k |
| Profit before tax | £12.1k | £25.8k | £59.9k |
| Profit after tax | £12.1k | £25.8k | £59.9k |
| Profit (best available) | £12.1k | £25.8k | £59.9k |
| Employees (average) | 9 | 9 | 8 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 1% | 2.2% | 4.6% |
| Gross margin | 41.1% | 37.8% | 41.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £130k | £130k | £164k |
| Profit per employee | £1.3k | £2.9k | £7.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼0.2% | ▲11.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲113.9% | ▲132.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼11.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 41.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £164k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.5k
- 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 —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼11%
- Now 8
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Similar profitable businesses
- Skyworks Solutions LimitedHove · Manufacture of telegraph and telephone apparatus and equipment
- Revenue
- £1.7m
- Profit
- £5.6k
- Staff
- 6
- JCM Europe (UK) LimitedMilton Keynes · Manufacture of telegraph and telephone apparatus and equipment
- Revenue
- £2.6m
- Profit
- £744k
- Staff
- 6
- Rinicom LimitedLancaster · Manufacture of communication equipment other than telegraph, and telephone apparatus and equipment
- Revenue
- £2.1m
- Profit
- £2.5k
- Staff
- 21
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £59.9k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 12 Oct 2026
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