Silverfish UK Limited
Registered name: SILVERFISH UK LIMITED
Part of Silverfish Holdings Limited groupSilverfish UK Limited made £11.6m revenue and a £1.4m loss in the year to 31 Oct 2025.
Silverfish UK Limited’s revenue fell 3% to £11.6m in the year to 31 Oct 2025, with a loss of £1.4m and 47 employees. The company is classified under “other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (not commercial art galleries and opticians)” and is based in Saltash; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Saltash, South West
- 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. From the filing: “Silverfish UK (Holdings) Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Oct 2022 | 31 Oct 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 | 31 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15m | £12m | £12m | £11.6m |
| Cost of sales | £10.7m | £9.6m | £9.5m | £9.2m |
| Gross profit | £4.3m | £2.4m | £2.4m | £2.5m |
| Operating profit | £145k | −£1.8m | −£1.8m | −£1.4m |
| Profit before tax | £33.3k | −£1.6m | −£1.8m | −£1.4m |
| Profit after tax | £62k | −£1.6m | −£1.8m | −£1.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £62k | −£1.6m | −£1.8m | −£1.4m |
| Staff costs | £2m | £2m | £2.1m | £2.1m |
| Employees (average) | 50 | 52 | 48 | 47 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.4% | −13.5% | −14.9% | −12.3% |
| Gross margin | 28.7% | 20.3% | 20.3% | 21.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £301k | £230k | £249k | £248k |
| Profit per employee | £1.2k | −£31k | −£37.2k | −£30.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼20.4% | ▼0% | ▼2.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼2700% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4% | ▼7.7% | ▼2.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £458k | £2m | £2.8m | £2.8m |
| Net assets | £2.8m | £1.2m | −£559k | −£2m |
| Fixed assets | £1.2m | £1.2m | £1.2m | £292k |
| Current assets | £12m | £12.3m | £10.4m | £10.8m |
| Debtors | £1.7m | £1.2m | £1.7m | £2.5m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −12.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 21.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £248k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£30.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 21.5%
- 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
- —
- Now −£2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲1%
- Now £2.8m
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 47
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼77%
- Now £292k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Silverfish Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Silverfish Group Holdings Limited75–100%
- Silverfish UK (Holdings) Limited75–100%
- Silverfish UK 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).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Oct 2025 (profit −£1.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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