Saab Seaeye Limited
Registered name: SAAB SEAEYE LIMITED
Part of Saab Ab groupSaab Seaeye Limited made £33m revenue and a £6.1m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Saab Seaeye Limited’s revenue grew 11% to £33m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £6.1m and 194 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other electrical equipment” and is based in Fareham; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Fareham, South East
- Age
- 40 yrs · since 1986
- 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) | £21.5m | £23.8m | £27.9m | £29.7m | £33m |
| Cost of sales | £17m | £22.6m | £30.2m | £29.4m | £26.9m |
| Gross profit | £4.5m | £1.2m | −£2.4m | £298k | £6.1m |
| Operating profit | £98k | −£5.7m | −£8m | −£6.4m | −£6.2m |
| Profit before tax | £76.6k | −£5.7m | −£8m | −£6.6m | −£6.8m |
| Profit after tax | £467k | −£6.9m | −£7.5m | −£6m | −£6.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £467k | −£6.9m | −£7.5m | −£6m | −£6.1m |
| Staff costs | £5.5m | £6.7m | £5.9m | £7.3m | £6.5m |
| Employees (average) | 128 | 148 | 163 | 191 | 194 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 2.2% | −29% | −27% | −20.3% | −18.5% |
| Gross margin | 20.7% | 5.1% | −8.4% | 1% | 18.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £168k | £161k | £171k | £156k | £170k |
| Profit per employee | £3.6k | −£46.8k | −£46.1k | −£31.5k | −£31.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲11.1% | ▲16.9% | ▲6.5% | ▲11% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼1583% | — | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲15.6% | ▲10.1% | ▲17.2% | ▲1.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £5m | £1.5m | £759k | £3.6k | £4.9m |
| Net assets | £14.1m | £7.2m | £4.7m | £2.2m | £15.1m |
| Fixed assets | £895k | £473k | £3.5m | £7.1m | £6.6m |
| Current assets | £25.6m | £20m | £23.1m | £26.4m | £30.8m |
| Debtors | £6.7m | £5.4m | £4.1m | £4.1m | £4.4m |
| Deferred income | £8.5m | £10.2m | £15.5m | £17.9m | £15.5m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −18.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 18.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £170k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£31.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 20.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 47%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.4%
- 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
- ▲600%
- Now £15.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲135303%
- Now £4.9m
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 194
- Deferred income
- ▼13%
- Now £15.5m
- Fixed assets
- ▼8%
- Now £6.6m
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 Ltd75–100%
- Saab Seaeye Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Seaeye 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 −£6.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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