Uss Limited
Registered name: USS LIMITED
Part of Weaver Investments Limited groupUss Limited made £31.2m revenue and £160k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Uss Limited’s revenue fell 8% to £31.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £160k profit and 20 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of basic iron and steel and of ferro-alloys” and is based in Halesowen; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Halesowen, West Midlands
- 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) | £50.1m | £37.7m | £34m | £31.2m |
| Cost of sales | £45.5m | £34.8m | £31.2m | £28.9m |
| Gross profit | £4.6m | £2.9m | £2.8m | £2.2m |
| Operating profit | £1.9m | £492k | £514k | £200k |
| Profit before tax | £1.9m | £561k | £609k | £248k |
| Profit after tax | £1.5m | £434k | £441k | £160k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.5m | £434k | £441k | £160k |
| Staff costs | £1.5m | £1.1m | £1m | £984k |
| Employees (average) | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3% | 1.1% | 1.3% | 0.5% |
| Gross margin | 9.2% | 7.6% | 8.2% | 7.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £2.5m | £1.9m | £1.7m | £1.6m |
| Profit per employee | £75.1k | £21.7k | £22.1k | £8k |
| Cash conversion | 138.8% | −1588% | 169% | 1147% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼24.7% | ▼9.8% | ▼8.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼71.1% | ▲1.8% | ▼63.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.7m | £7.6m | £5.8m | £2.9m |
| Net assets | £8m | £8m | £8m | £8.3m |
| Fixed assets | £4.1m | £4m | £3.7m | £3.9m |
| Current assets | £29.4m | £22.8m | £21.5m | £24.4m |
| Debtors | £11.7m | £6.7m | £8m | £7.7m |
| Cash from operations | £2.6m | −£7.8m | £868k | £2.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 7.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.6m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 1147%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 12.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 24.8%
- 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
- ▲3%
- Now £8.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼50%
- Now £2.9m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 20
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲6%
- Now £3.9m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Weaver Investments Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Uss Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- United Slitting Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £160k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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