Zapi UK Limited
Registered name: ZAPI UK LIMITED
Zapi UK Limited made £10.6m revenue and £527k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Zapi UK Limited’s revenue fell 22% to £10.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £527k profit and 23 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other electrical equipment” and is based in Shropshire; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Shropshire, West Midlands
- Age
- 37 yrs · since 1989
- 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 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) | £13.6m | £14.8m | £13.7m | £10.6m |
| Cost of sales | £11.8m | £13m | £12m | £9.6m |
| Gross profit | £1.9m | £1.8m | £1.7m | £1.1m |
| Operating profit | £1.4m | £1.3m | £1m | £612k |
| Profit before tax | £1.4m | £1.3m | £1.1m | £706k |
| Profit after tax | £1.1m | £1.1m | £873k | £527k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.1m | £1.1m | £873k | £527k |
| Staff costs | £743k | £803k | £886k | £977k |
| Employees (average) | 22 | 22 | 22 | 23 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 8.4% | 7.2% | 6.4% | 5% |
| Gross margin | 13.7% | 12.2% | 12.2% | 10.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £620k | £674k | £622k | £462k |
| Profit per employee | £52.1k | £48.4k | £39.7k | £22.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲8.7% | ▼7.8% | ▼22.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼7.1% | ▼17.9% | ▼39.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | ▲4.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.9m | £2.2m | £3.1m | £4.8m |
| Net assets | £6.5m | £7.6m | £8.4m | £9m |
| Fixed assets | £997k | £1.1m | £1m | £982k |
| Current assets | £9m | £8.4m | £9.3m | £9.9m |
| Debtors | £3.4m | £2.9m | £2.6m | £2.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 10.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £462k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £22.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 9.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 20.6%
- 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
- ▲6%
- Now £9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲57%
- Now £4.8m
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 23
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼4%
- Now £982k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £527k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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