Xeretec Office Systems Limited
Registered name: XERETEC OFFICE SYSTEMS LIMITED
Part of Xeretec Group Limited groupXeretec Office Systems Limited made £35.5m revenue and £141k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025. read from filing text
Xeretec Office Systems Limited’s revenue fell 4% to £35.5m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £141k profit and 120 employees. The company is classified under “non-specialised wholesale trade” and is based in Wokingham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Wokingham, South East
- Age
- 35 yrs · since 1991
- 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. From the filing: “The immediate and ultimate parent company is Xeretec Group Limited, a company registered in England and Wales.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £32.4m | £34.9m | £36.9m | £35.5m |
| Cost of sales | £21.6m | £23.2m | £24.2m | £23.4m |
| Gross profit | £10.8m | £11.7m | £12.8m | £12.2m |
| Operating profit | −£1.7m | −£657k | £263k | £160k |
| Profit before tax | −£1.7m | −£575k | £320k | £160k |
| Profit after tax | −£1.7m | −£578k | £197k | £141k |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.7m | −£578k | £197k | £141k |
| Staff costs | £8.1m | £7.9m | £7.8m | £7.8m |
| Employees (average) | 138 | 128 | 121 | 120 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −5.2% | −1.7% | 0.5% | 0.4% |
| Gross margin | 33.2% | 33.5% | 34.6% | 34.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £235k | £273k | £305k | £296k |
| Profit per employee | −£12.2k | −£4.5k | £1.6k | £1.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲7.7% | ▲5.8% | ▼3.8% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼28.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼7.2% | ▼5.5% | ▼0.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £4.8m | £3.4m | £3.9m | £2.7m |
| Net assets | £5.5m | £4.3m | £4m | £3.6m |
| Fixed assets | £888k | £615k | £681k | £624k |
| Current assets | £11.9m | £11.3m | £12.8m | £12.4m |
| Debtors | £3.7m | £5.8m | £6.1m | £6.5m |
| Deferred income | £2m | £1.6m | £2.1m | £2.9m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 34.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £296k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 8.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 18.3%
- 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
- ▼10%
- Now £3.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼30%
- Now £2.7m
- Headcount
- ▼1%
- Now 120
- Deferred income
- ▲39%
- Now £2.9m
- Fixed assets
- ▼8%
- Now £624k
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
- Xeretec Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Xeretec Office Systems Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- First Copy IT LimitedRev. — · Profit −£38.7k
- Landscape Holdings 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 Aug 2025 (profit £141k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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