Guided Ultrasonics Limited
Registered name: GUIDED ULTRASONICS LIMITED
Guided Ultrasonics Limited made £5.3m revenue and a £1.5m loss in the year to 31 Jul 2025. read from filing text
Guided Ultrasonics Limited’s revenue fell 34% to £5.3m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with a loss of £1.5m and 54 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other electrical equipment” and is based in Brentford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Brentford, London
- 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 Jul 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 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) | £8.4m | £9.5m | £8.1m | £5.3m |
| Cost of sales | £2.7m | £3.3m | £2.6m | £2m |
| Gross profit | £5.7m | £6.2m | £5.5m | £3.3m |
| Operating profit | £1.4m | £1.4m | £597k | −£2m |
| Profit before tax | £1.3m | £1.5m | £789k | −£1.9m |
| Profit after tax | £1.6m | £1.7m | £899k | −£1.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.6m | £1.7m | £899k | −£1.5m |
| Employees (average) | 54 | 58 | 59 | 54 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 19.3% | 17.7% | 11.1% | −27.6% |
| Gross margin | 67.7% | 65.2% | 68.1% | 61.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £156k | £164k | £138k | £98.9k |
| Profit per employee | £30k | £29k | £15.2k | −£27.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲13.5% | ▼14.9% | ▼34.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲4% | ▼46.6% | ▼263.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7.4% | ▲1.7% | ▼8.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £5.6m | £5.1m | £5.4m | £2.9m |
| Net assets | £14.2m | £14.6m | £15.9m | £12.5m |
| Fixed assets | £4.9m | £5.1m | £5.2m | £4.7m |
| Current assets | £10.4m | £11.1m | £11.8m | £8.7m |
| Debtors | £1.6m | £1.8m | £1.6m | £1.6m |
| Deferred income | £800k | £969k | £611k | £581k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −27.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 61.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £98.9k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£27.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 88.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 10.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 30.5%
- 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
- ▼21%
- Now £12.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼46%
- Now £2.9m
- Headcount
- ▼8%
- Now 54
- Deferred income
- ▼5%
- Now £581k
- Fixed assets
- ▼9%
- Now £4.7m
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 Jul 2025 (profit −£1.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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