Scheidt & Bachmann (UK) Limited
Registered name: SCHEIDT & BACHMANN (UK) LIMITED
Scheidt & Bachmann (UK) Limited made £20.2m revenue and a £548k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Scheidt & Bachmann (UK) Limited’s revenue grew 4% to £20.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £548k and 145 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of tools” and is based in Chessington; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chessington, London
- Age
- 27 yrs · since 1999
- 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 and controlling company is Scheidt & Bachmann GmbH, a company registered in Germany. The group company accounts can be viewed at the offices of the 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 | 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&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £16.5m | £17.8m | £19.5m | £20.2m |
| Cost of sales | £5.5m | £5.7m | £6.8m | £7.7m |
| Gross profit | £10.9m | £12.2m | £12.7m | £12.5m |
| Operating profit | £1m | £1.1m | £1.2m | −£715k |
| Profit before tax | £1m | £1.1m | £1.2m | −£651k |
| Profit after tax | £656k | £1m | £866k | −£548k |
| Profit (best available) | £656k | £1m | £866k | −£548k |
| Staff costs | £7m | £7.5m | £8.2m | £9.4m |
| Employees (average) | 131 | 132 | 135 | 145 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4% | 5.7% | 4.4% | −2.7% |
| Gross margin | 66.4% | 68.2% | 65.3% | 61.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £126k | £135k | £145k | £139k |
| Profit per employee | £5k | £7.7k | £6.4k | −£3.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲8.4% | ▲9.3% | ▲3.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲55% | ▼14.8% | ▼163.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲0.8% | ▲2.3% | ▲7.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.9m | £2m | £2.7m | £3.1m |
| Net assets | £2.5m | £2m | £2.1m | £1.6m |
| Fixed assets | £180k | £178k | £167k | £178k |
| Current assets | £7.7m | £9.9m | £8.7m | £8.5m |
| Debtors | £2.6m | £4.4m | £2.2m | £2.5m |
| Deferred income | £2.8m | £2.4m | £2.5m | £2.7m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −2.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 61.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £139k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£3.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 13.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 12.5%
- 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
- ▼26%
- Now £1.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲16%
- Now £3.1m
- Headcount
- ▲7%
- Now 145
- Deferred income
- ▲10%
- Now £2.7m
- Fixed assets
- ▲7%
- Now £178k
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 Dec 2025 (profit −£548k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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