Taschen UK Limited
Registered name: TASCHEN UK LIMITED
Taschen UK Limited made £632k revenue and a £5.1k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Taschen UK Limited’s revenue grew 4% to £632k in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £5.1k and 24 employees. The company is classified under “book publishing” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 32 yrs · since 1994
- 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 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £609k | £632k |
| Cost of sales | £94.8k | £249k |
| Gross profit | £514k | £384k |
| Operating profit | £10.3k | £10.2k |
| Profit after tax | −£1.2k | −£5.1k |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.2k | −£5.1k |
| Employees (average) | 23 | 24 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −0.2% | −0.8% |
| Gross margin | 84.4% | 60.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £26.5k | £26.3k |
| Profit per employee | −£53 | −£213 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲3.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £204k | £127k |
| Net assets | £2.4m | £2.4m |
| Fixed assets | £370k | £324k |
| Current assets | £2.2m | £2.4m |
| Debtors | £6.6k | £0 |
| Deferred income | £30k | £37.7k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 60.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £26.3k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£213
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 51.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- ▼0%
- Now £2.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼38%
- Now £127k
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 24
- Deferred income
- ▲26%
- Now £37.7k
- Fixed assets
- ▼13%
- Now £324k
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 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£5.1k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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