Itab UK Ltd
Registered name: ITAB UK LTD
Part of Itab Shop Concept Ab groupItab UK Ltd made £44.9m revenue and £961k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2023. read from filing text
Itab UK Ltd’s revenue fell 29% to £44.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2023, with £961k profit and 161 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other fabricated metal products” and is based in Hemel Hempstead; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hemel Hempstead, South East
- Age
- 29 yrs · since 1997
- 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: “ITAB Shop Concept AB (incorporated in Sweden) is regarded by the directors as being the company's ultimate parent 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £63.5m | £44.9m |
| Cost of sales | £42m | £28.3m |
| Gross profit | £21.5m | £16.5m |
| Operating profit | £2.8m | £981k |
| Profit before tax | £2.7m | £1.3m |
| Profit after tax | £2.2m | £961k |
| Profit (best available) | £2.2m | £961k |
| Employees (average) | 187 | 161 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 3.5% | 2.1% |
| Gross margin | 33.8% | 36.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £340k | £279k |
| Profit per employee | £12k | £6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼29.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼57.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼13.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £12.2m | — |
| Net assets | £12.1m | £12.5m |
| Fixed assets | £1.5m | £1.2m |
| Debtors | £6.5m | £5.1m |
| Deferred income | £2m | £1.4m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 36.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £279k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11.3%
- 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
- ▲4%
- Now £12.5m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼14%
- Now 161
- Deferred income
- ▼30%
- Now £1.4m
- Fixed assets
- ▼18%
- Now £1.2m
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
- Itab Shop Concept Ab (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Itab Holdings UK Ltd75–100%
- Itab UK Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Itab Interiors LtdRev. — · Profit £26.3k
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 2023 (profit £961k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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