Usb International Limited
Registered name: USB INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Usb International Limited made £13.7m revenue and £80.9k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Usb International Limited’s revenue fell 12% to £13.7m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £80.9k profit and 23 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale via mail order houses or via internet” and is based in Basildon; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Basildon, East of England
- Age
- 26 yrs · since 2000
- 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 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £11.7m | £18.7m | £15.6m | £13.7m |
| Cost of sales | £7.6m | £12.5m | £9.8m | £8.7m |
| Gross profit | £4.1m | £6.2m | £5.8m | £5m |
| Operating profit | £646k | £1.3m | £1.1m | £223k |
| Profit before tax | £599k | £1.1m | £925k | £116k |
| Profit after tax | £459k | £914k | £687k | £80.9k |
| Profit (best available) | £459k | £914k | £687k | £80.9k |
| Staff costs | £818k | £1m | £990k | £813k |
| Employees (average) | 20 | 24 | 26 | 23 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.9% | 4.9% | 4.4% | 0.6% |
| Gross margin | 35.3% | 33.2% | 37.2% | 36.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £584k | £777k | £599k | £596k |
| Profit per employee | £23k | £38.1k | £26.4k | £3.5k |
| Cash conversion | −414.6% | −130.2% | 583.5% | −812.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲59.6% | ▼16.6% | ▼12% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲99% | ▼24.8% | ▼88.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲20% | ▲8.3% | ▼11.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.5m | £1.4m | £1.3m | £1.1m |
| Net assets | £8.8m | £9.7m | £10.4m | £10.5m |
| Fixed assets | £405k | £335k | £250k | £202k |
| Current assets | £14.8m | £17.6m | £12.4m | £14.7m |
| Debtors | £343k | £906k | £523k | £667k |
| Deferred income | £61k | £50.3k | £96.9k | £62.3k |
| Cash from operations | −£2.7m | −£1.7m | £6.2m | −£1.8m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 36.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £596k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −812.9%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 4.9%
- 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 £10.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼16%
- Now £1.1m
- Headcount
- ▼12%
- Now 23
- Deferred income
- ▼36%
- Now £62.3k
- Fixed assets
- ▼19%
- Now £202k
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 £80.9k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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