Basetek Limited
Registered name: BASETEK LIMITED
Part of Basetek (Holdings) Limited groupBasetek Limited made £37.9m revenue and £2m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Basetek Limited’s revenue fell 5% to £37.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £2m profit and 37 employees. The company is classified under “agents involved in the sale of machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft” and is based in Ipswich; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ipswich, East of England
- Age
- 26 yrs · since 2000
- 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.
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&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £33.7m | £41.4m | £39.9m | £37.9m |
| Cost of sales | £28.3m | £35.8m | £34m | £33m |
| Gross profit | £5.4m | £5.6m | £5.9m | £4.8m |
| Operating profit | £3.9m | £2.8m | £3.3m | £2.6m |
| Profit before tax | £3.8m | £2.7m | £3.3m | £2.6m |
| Profit after tax | £3.1m | £2m | £2.5m | £2m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.1m | £2m | £2.5m | £2m |
| Staff costs | £1.4m | £1.7m | £1.6m | £1.6m |
| Employees (average) | 37 | 41 | 40 | 37 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 9.1% | 4.8% | 6.3% | 5.2% |
| Gross margin | 16% | 13.5% | 14.7% | 12.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £912k | £1m | £997k | £1m |
| Profit per employee | £83k | £48.8k | £62.5k | £53.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲22.8% | ▼3.7% | ▼5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼34.8% | ▲24.9% | ▼21.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲10.8% | ▼2.4% | ▼7.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.3m | £5.3m | £5m | £6m |
| Net assets | £11.6m | £13.4m | £14.8m | £16.3m |
| Fixed assets | £5.3m | £5.3m | £5.3m | £5.3m |
| Current assets | £12.6m | £16.9m | £16.2m | £17.2m |
| Debtors | £4.8m | £5.8m | £4.9m | £4.6m |
| Deferred income | £421k | £1.1m | £589k | £349k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 12.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £53.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 14.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 12.3%
- 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
- ▲11%
- Now £16.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲20%
- Now £6m
- Headcount
- ▼8%
- Now 37
- Deferred income
- ▼41%
- Now £349k
- Fixed assets
- ▲1%
- Now £5.3m
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
- Basetek (Holdings) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Basetek Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Similar profitable businesses
- Henton & Chattell LimitedNottingham · Agents involved in the sale of machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft
- Revenue
- £38.9m
- Profit
- £67.6k
- Staff
- 84
- Agricar LimitedBy Forfar · Agents involved in the sale of machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft
- Revenue
- £35.8m
- Profit
- £255k
- Staff
- 108
- Pump Supplies LtdGloucester · Agents involved in the sale of machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft
- Revenue
- £34.8m
- Profit
- £6.3m
- Staff
- 99
- Oriens Aviation LimitedWesterham · Agents involved in the sale of machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft
- Revenue
- £33.8m
- Profit
- £1.7m
- Staff
- 9
- Citizen Machinery UK LtdAgents involved in the sale of machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft
- Revenue
- £32.5m
- Profit
- £1.5m
- Staff
- 63
- R. Kennedy & Co. (Ni) LimitedCo Antrim · Agents involved in the sale of machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft
- Revenue
- £44.5m
- Profit
- £1.5m
- Staff
- 46
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Contains public sector information from Companies House licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data from Companies House, © Crown copyright. View the licence.