Tait Technologies UK Ltd
Registered name: TAIT TECHNOLOGIES UK LTD
Part of Tait Group International Limited groupTait Technologies UK Ltd made £29.2m revenue and a £443k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Tait Technologies UK Ltd’s revenue fell 11% to £29.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £443k and 125 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other electrical equipment” and is based in Pontefract; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Pontefract, Yorkshire and The Humber
- 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.
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) | £32.8m | £29.2m |
| Cost of sales | £33.5m | £24.7m |
| Gross profit | −£730k | £4.5m |
| Operating profit | −£9.9m | −£273k |
| Profit before tax | −£9.3m | −£831k |
| Profit after tax | −£7.1m | −£443k |
| Profit (best available) | −£7.1m | −£443k |
| Staff costs | £10.3m | £7.7m |
| Employees (average) | 170 | 125 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −21.6% | −1.5% |
| Gross margin | −2.2% | 15.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £193k | £234k |
| Profit per employee | −£41.6k | −£3.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼10.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼26.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £1.6m | £510k |
| Net assets | £6.6m | £6.1m |
| Fixed assets | £5.2m | £5.1m |
| Current assets | £34.1m | £32.6m |
| Debtors | £4.7m | £6.6m |
| Deferred income | £5.8m | £7.5m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −1.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 15.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £234k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£3.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 17.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 25.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 22.6%
- 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
- ▼8%
- Now £6.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼69%
- Now £510k
- Headcount
- ▼26%
- Now 125
- Deferred income
- ▲30%
- Now £7.5m
- Fixed assets
- ▼2%
- Now £5.1m
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
- Tait Group International Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Tait International Ltd75–100%
- Tait Technologies UK Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Stage Technologies (Asia-Pacific) LtdRev. £2.7m · Profit £16.1k
Sister companies (3)
- Brilliant Stages LimitedRev. £42.8m · Profit £3m
- Kinesys Projects LimitedRev. £7.3m · Profit −£155k
- Tait Theatre Engineering LtdRev. £2.2m · Profit £529k
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 −£443k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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