Formel D (UK) Limited
Registered name: FORMEL D (UK) LIMITED
Part of Formel D Gmbh groupFormel D (UK) Limited made £16.1m revenue and £617k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Formel D (UK) Limited’s revenue grew 20% to £16.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £617k profit and 321 employees. The company is classified under “other information technology service activities” and is based in Birmingham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Birmingham, West Midlands
- Age
- 32 yrs · since 1994
- 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 ultimate controlling party is”
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&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) | £15.3m | £12.2m | £13.5m | £16.1m |
| Cost of sales | £12.9m | £9.5m | £10.2m | £13.3m |
| Gross profit | £2.4m | £2.7m | £3.3m | £2.8m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £1.4m | £822k |
| Profit before tax | £102k | £774k | £1.5m | £828k |
| Profit after tax | £86.7k | £590k | £1.1m | £617k |
| Profit (best available) | £86.7k | £590k | £1.1m | £617k |
| Staff costs | £5.8m | £5.8m | £6.1m | £5.4m |
| Employees (average) | 289 | 306 | 348 | 321 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.6% | 4.8% | 8.1% | 3.8% |
| Gross margin | 15.6% | 21.9% | 24.6% | 17.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £53k | £39.8k | £38.8k | £50.2k |
| Profit per employee | £300 | £1.9k | £3.1k | £1.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼20.6% | ▲10.8% | ▲19.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲580.2% | ▲84.6% | ▼43.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5.9% | ▲13.7% | ▼7.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.3m | £2m | £982k | £1.2m |
| Net assets | £4.1m | £3.4m | £1.9m | £2.6m |
| Fixed assets | £88.1k | £57.9k | £64.7k | £95.1k |
| Current assets | £7.6m | £6m | £4.5m | £4.9m |
| Debtors | £4m | £3m | £2.5m | £2.2m |
| Deferred income | £1.2m | £695k | £435k | £91.1k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 17.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £50.2k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- 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
- 0.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.6%
- 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
- ▲32%
- Now £2.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲19%
- Now £1.2m
- Headcount
- ▼8%
- Now 321
- Deferred income
- ▼79%
- Now £91.1k
- Fixed assets
- ▲47%
- Now £95.1k
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
- Formel D Gmbh (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Formel D (UK) Limitedthis 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 FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £617k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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