Comex 2000 (UK) Limited
Registered name: COMEX 2000 (UK) LIMITED
Comex 2000 (UK) Limited made £98.2m revenue and £156k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Comex 2000 (UK) Limited’s revenue fell 12% to £98.2m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £156k profit and 1,066 employees. The company is classified under “installation of industrial machinery and equipment” and is based in Derby; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Derby, East Midlands
- Age
- 27 yrs · since 1999
- 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 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £98.3m | £112m | £98.2m |
| Cost of sales | £67.9m | £82.1m | £70.8m |
| Gross profit | £30.4m | £29.6m | £27.4m |
| Operating profit | £8.8m | £2.6m | £14.4k |
| Profit before tax | £8.9m | £2.8m | £217k |
| Profit after tax | £7.3m | £2.2m | £156k |
| Profit (best available) | £7.3m | £2.2m | £156k |
| Employees (average) | 900 | 1,132 | 1,066 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 7.4% | 2% | 0.2% |
| Gross margin | 30.9% | 26.5% | 27.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £109k | £98.7k | £92.1k |
| Profit per employee | £8.1k | £1.9k | £147 |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲13.6% | ▼12.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼69.7% | ▼92.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲25.8% | ▼5.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £7.2m | £12.6m | £7.2m |
| Net assets | £19.9m | £22.1m | £22.2m |
| Fixed assets | £2.3m | £3m | £3m |
| Current assets | £35.3m | £37.4m | £33.6m |
| Debtors | £16.8m | £9.7m | £9.4m |
| Deferred income | £6.6m | £5.5m | £4.6m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 27.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £92.1k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £147
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 9.6%
- 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
- ▲1%
- Now £22.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼43%
- Now £7.2m
- Headcount
- ▼6%
- Now 1,066
- Deferred income
- ▼17%
- Now £4.6m
- Fixed assets
- ▼0%
- Now £3m
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 Mar 2025 (profit £156k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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