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Company No. 02285953 · Incorporated 11 Aug 1988

Esprit Electronics Limited

Registered name: ESPRIT ELECTRONICS LIMITED

Part of Literacy Capital PLC group

Esprit Electronics Limited made £17.5m revenue and £1m profit in the year to 31 May 2025.

Esprit Electronics Limited’s revenue grew 13% to £17.5m in the year to 31 May 2025, with £1m profit and 90 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of electronic components” and is based in Southampton; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection C · ManufacturingSIC 26110Manufacture of electronic components
Status
Active
Location
Southampton, South East
Age
38 yrs · since 1988
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.

Latest accounts · year to 31 May 2025

Key figures

Operating leverage
Revenue
£17.5m
Growth ▲13.1%
Profit
£1m
Growth ▲56.8%
Profit margin
5.8%
Gross 36.9%
Employees
90
Change ▲1.1%
Profit / employee
£11.2k
Revenue/employee £194k
Profitable streak
4yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 May 202231 May 202331 May 202431 May 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£15.3m£18.8m£15.4m£17.5m
Cost of sales£11.2m£13.7m£10.2m£11m
Gross profit£4.1m£5.1m£5.2m£6.5m
Operating profit£539k£1.2m£918k£1.4m
Profit before tax£503k£1.1m£865k£1.4m
Profit after tax£422k£911k£643k£1m
Profit (best available)£422k£911k£643k£1m
Staff costs£2.7m£3.2m£3.3m£3.8m
Employees (average)82908990
Ratios
Profit margin2.8%4.8%4.2%5.8%
Gross margin26.8%27.3%33.9%36.9%
Revenue per employee£187k£209k£174k£194k
Profit per employee£5.1k£10.1k£7.2k£11.2k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲23%▼17.9%▲13.1%
Profit growth—▲116.1%▼29.4%▲56.8%
Headcount growth—▲9.8%▼1.1%▲1.1%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£722k£754k£1.3m£2.4m
Net assets£4.2m£5.1m£5.6m£6.6m
Fixed assets£1.5m£1.6m£1.5m£2m
Current assets£9.2m£9.4m£8.6m£10.6m
Debtors£2.8m£3.6m£2.9m£4.2m
Deferred income£479k£420k£447k£519k
SourceAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
5.8%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
36.9%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£194k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£11.2k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
11.7%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
3%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
24%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▲17%
Now £6.6m
Cash at bank
▲79%
Now £2.4m
Headcount
▲1%
Now 90
Deferred income
▲16%
Now £519k
Fixed assets
▲38%
Now £2m

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Literacy Capital PLCultimate parent50–75%
  2. Techpoint Group Ltd75–100%
  3. Pod Midco Limited75–100%
  4. Pod Bidco Limited75–100%
  5. Esprit Business Services Limited75–100%
  6. Esprit Electronics Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 May 2025 (profit £1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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