S.t.i. (U.K.) Limited
Registered name: S.T.I. (U.K.) LIMITED
Part of Smyth 2021 Descendants Gs Trust U/A/D 05-03-2021 groupS.t.i. (U.K.) Limited made £38.1m revenue and £964k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
S.t.i. (U.K.) Limited’s revenue fell 6% to £38.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £964k profit and 45 employees. The company is classified under “other transportation support activities” and is based in Hemel Hempstead; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hemel Hempstead, South East
- Age
- 30 yrs · since 1995
- 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 interest in the Company is held by HAVI Group LP and Reyes Holdings LLC. STI Freight Management GmbH, Germany, is the Company's immediate parent undertaking at the year end. H”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 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 |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £40.7m | £40.6m | £38.1m |
| Cost of sales | £35.4m | £35.4m | £33.2m |
| Gross profit | £5.3m | £5.2m | £4.9m |
| Operating profit | £1.2m | £1.2m | £1.1m |
| Profit before tax | £1.4m | £1.4m | £1.3m |
| Profit after tax | £1.1m | £1.1m | £964k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.1m | £1.1m | £964k |
| Staff costs | £2.1m | £2.4m | £2.4m |
| Employees (average) | 44 | 46 | 45 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 2.6% | 2.6% | 2.5% |
| Gross margin | 12.9% | 12.8% | 12.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £924k | £882k | £846k |
| Profit per employee | £24.4k | £23k | £21.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼0.2% | ▼6.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼1.5% | ▼8.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.5% | ▼2.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £6.1m | £4.2m | £3.1m |
| Net assets | £1.1m | £1.1m | £975k |
| Fixed assets | £18k | £1k | £90 |
| Current assets | £11.3m | £9.6m | £7.6m |
| Debtors | £4.5m | £4.8m | £3.5m |
| Deferred income | £4.8m | £3.6m | £2.5m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 12.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £846k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £21.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 6.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 9.2%
- 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
- ▼9%
- Now £975k
- Cash at bank
- ▼26%
- Now £3.1m
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 45
- Deferred income
- ▼31%
- Now £2.5m
- Fixed assets
- ▼91%
- Now £90
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
- Smyth 2021 Descendants Gs Trust U/A/D 05-03-2021 (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent50–75%
- S.t.i. (U.K.) 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 £964k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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