Vertex Services Group Limited
Registered name: VERTEX SERVICES GROUP LIMITED
Vertex Services Group Limited made £45.8m revenue and £731k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Vertex Services Group Limited’s revenue fell 21% to £45.8m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £731k profit and 268 employees. The company is classified under “plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation” and is based in Swanley; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Swanley, London
- Age
- 36 yrs · since 1990
- 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 | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £35.5m | £58.7m | £58.1m | £45.8m |
| Cost of sales | £29.9m | £51.6m | £51.7m | £40.6m |
| Gross profit | £5.6m | £7.2m | £6.4m | £5.2m |
| Operating profit | £1m | £2.1m | £927k | £610k |
| Profit before tax | £1m | £2.1m | £1m | £832k |
| Profit after tax | £836k | £1.9m | £943k | £731k |
| Profit (best available) | £836k | £1.9m | £943k | £731k |
| Staff costs | £11.6m | £14.8m | £17.7m | £16.9m |
| Employees (average) | 221 | 259 | 300 | 268 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.4% | 3.2% | 1.6% | 1.6% |
| Gross margin | 15.9% | 12.2% | 11% | 11.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £161k | £227k | £194k | £171k |
| Profit per employee | £3.8k | £7.2k | £3.1k | £2.7k |
| Cash conversion | 97.4% | −132.4% | −96.6% | −265.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲65.5% | ▼1.1% | ▼21.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲121.8% | ▼49.1% | ▼22.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲17.2% | ▲15.8% | ▼10.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.5m | £4.1m | £4.6m | £6.1m |
| Net assets | £1.5m | £3.3m | £3.1m | £3.8m |
| Fixed assets | £293k | £256k | £352k | £294k |
| Current assets | £13m | £16.6m | £14.1m | £13.3m |
| Debtors | £8.5m | £9.5m | £7.1m | £4.8m |
| Deferred income | £3.4m | £3.6m | £3.3m | £2.8m |
| Cash from operations | £980k | −£2.8m | −£895k | −£1.6m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 11.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £171k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −265.6%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10.4%
- 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
- ▲24%
- Now £3.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲31%
- Now £6.1m
- Headcount
- ▼11%
- Now 268
- Deferred income
- ▼15%
- Now £2.8m
- Fixed assets
- ▼17%
- Now £294k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit £731k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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