Scanpole UK Limited
Registered name: SCANPOLE UK LIMITED
Scanpole UK Limited made £21.8m revenue and £223k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Scanpole UK Limited’s revenue grew 2% to £21.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £223k profit and 216 employees. The company is classified under “sawmilling and planing of wood” and is based in Gwent; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Gwent, Wales
- Age
- 28 yrs · since 1998
- 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 parent company is Iivari Mononen Oy a company incorporated and trading in Finland.”
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&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £20.9m | £21.5m | £21.5m | £21.8m |
| Cost of sales | £18.2m | £18.8m | £18.6m | −£19.7m |
| Gross profit | £2.7m | £2.7m | £2.8m | £2.1m |
| Operating profit | £871k | £389k | £573k | £320k |
| Profit before tax | £848k | £359k | £553k | £273k |
| Profit after tax | £665k | £270k | £365k | £223k |
| Profit (best available) | £665k | £270k | £365k | £223k |
| Staff costs | £1.7m | £1.8m | £1.8m | — |
| Employees (average) | 34 | 33 | 35 | 216 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.2% | 1.3% | 1.7% | 1% |
| Gross margin | 13% | 12.4% | 13.3% | 9.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £616k | £651k | £613k | £101k |
| Profit per employee | £19.5k | £8.2k | £10.4k | £1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲2.6% | ▼0.2% | ▲1.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼59.3% | ▲35.2% | ▼39% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2.9% | ▲6.1% | ▲517.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | £2m | £1.8m | £2.1m | — |
| Fixed assets | £433k | £511k | £863k | — |
| Current assets | £5.1m | £5.2m | £4.8m | — |
| Debtors | £904k | £1.2m | £1.3m | — |
| Deferred income | £107k | £210k | £278k | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 9.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £101k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲517%
- Now 216
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £223k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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