Zones (UK) Ltd
Registered name: ZONES (UK) LTD
Part of Zones (Emea) Limited groupZones (UK) Ltd made £29.1m revenue and £470k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Zones (UK) Ltd’s revenue fell 26% to £29.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £470k profit and 55 employees. The company is classified under “other information technology service activities” and is based in London; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 33 yrs · since 1993
- 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 | Profit only | Profit only | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £47.9m | £39.5m | £29.1m |
| Cost of sales | £56m | £61.5m | −£40.5m | −£32.3m | −£21.8m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £7.4m | £7.2m | £7.3m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £167k | £979k | £768k |
| Profit before tax | £233k | £665k | −£240k | £847k | £627k |
| Profit after tax | £61.7m | £68.3m | −£240k | £622k | £470k |
| Profit (best available) | £61.7m | £68.3m | −£240k | £622k | £470k |
| Staff costs | £5m | £5.9m | — | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 69 | 65 | 52 | 51 | 55 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | — | — | −0.5% | 1.6% | 1.6% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 15.4% | 18.3% | 25.1% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £922k | £774k | £529k |
| Profit per employee | £894k | £1.1m | −£4.6k | £12.2k | £8.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▼17.6% | ▼26.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲10.7% | ▼100.4% | — | ▼24.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼5.8% | ▼20% | ▼1.9% | ▲7.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £1.1k | £173k | — | — | — |
| Net assets | £4m | £4.5m | — | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £151k | £157k | — | — | — |
| Current assets | £16.7m | £12.5m | — | — | — |
| Debtors | £10.9m | £8.6m | — | — | — |
| Deferred income | £1.5m | £2.8m | — | — | — |
| Cash from operations | £1.7m | — | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 25.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £529k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £8.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲8%
- Now 55
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Zones (Emea) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Zones (UK) Ltdthis 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 accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £470k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 12 Oct 2026
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