Syntegon Telstar UK Ltd
Registered name: SYNTEGON TELSTAR UK LTD
Syntegon Telstar UK Ltd made £2.9m revenue and a £440k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Syntegon Telstar UK Ltd’s revenue fell 43% to £2.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £440k and 19 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other general-purpose machinery” and is based in Leeds; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Leeds, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 32 yrs · since 1993
- 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&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £7.4m | £6.1m | £5.1m | £2.9m |
| Cost of sales | £7.1m | £4.8m | £4.2m | £673k |
| Gross profit | £337k | £1.3m | £833k | £2.2m |
| Operating profit | −£2m | −£922k | −£2m | −£135k |
| Profit before tax | −£2.1m | −£1.2m | −£2.4m | −£440k |
| Profit after tax | −£2.1m | −£1.2m | — | — |
| Profit (best available) | −£2.1m | −£1.2m | −£2.4m | −£440k |
| Staff costs | £2.8m | £3m | £2.4m | £768k |
| Employees (average) | 59 | 57 | 41 | 19 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −28.5% | −18.9% | −47.2% | −15.1% |
| Gross margin | 4.5% | 21.5% | 16.4% | 76.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £126k | £107k | £124k | £153k |
| Profit per employee | −£35.8k | −£20.2k | −£58.4k | −£23.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼17.8% | ▼16.6% | ▼42.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼3.4% | ▼28.1% | ▼53.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £676k | £274k | £335k | £658k |
| Net assets | −£3.5m | −£4.6m | −£6.9m | −£6.8m |
| Fixed assets | £906k | £811k | — | — |
| Current assets | £5.8m | £2.7m | — | — |
| Debtors | £4.6m | £2m | £1.4m | £910k |
| Deferred income | £384k | £173k | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −15.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 76.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £153k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£23.1k
- 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
- 31.4%
- 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
- —
- Now −£6.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲96%
- Now £658k
- Headcount
- ▼54%
- Now 19
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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- Profit
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- Staff
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- Profit
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£440k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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