Liquidity Services UK Ltd
Registered name: LIQUIDITY SERVICES UK LTD
Part of Liquidity Services, Inc groupLiquidity Services UK Ltd made £12.1m revenue and a £1.1m loss in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Liquidity Services UK Ltd’s revenue fell 23% to £12.1m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with a loss of £1.1m and 29 employees. The company is classified under “other professional, scientific and technical activities” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- 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 | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £11.3m | £10.9m | £15.8m | £12.1m |
| Cost of sales | £6.7m | £4.9m | £9.1m | £6.1m |
| Gross profit | £4.6m | £6m | £6.6m | £6m |
| Operating profit | −£954k | −£148k | −£276k | −£989k |
| Profit before tax | −£1m | −£226k | −£354k | −£1.1m |
| Profit after tax | −£1m | −£226k | −£354k | −£1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | −£1m | −£226k | −£354k | −£1.1m |
| Staff costs | £2.5m | £3.6m | £3.7m | £3.9m |
| Employees (average) | 30 | 30 | 29 | 29 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −9% | −2.1% | −2.2% | −8.7% |
| Gross margin | 40.5% | 55.1% | 42.1% | 49.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £375k | £363k | £544k | £418k |
| Profit per employee | −£33.9k | −£7.5k | −£12.2k | −£36.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼3.2% | ▲44.8% | ▼23.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼3.3% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £4.3m | £5.7m | £5.6m | £2.4m |
| Net assets | −£44.8m | −£44.9m | −£45.2m | −£45.7m |
| Fixed assets | £13k | £12k | £60k | £41k |
| Current assets | £8.5m | £11.1m | £12.6m | £11.1m |
| Debtors | £1.4m | £1.3m | £881k | £2.4m |
| Deferred income | £414k | £643k | £569k | £664k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −8.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 49.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £418k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£36.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 5.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 19.6%
- 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 −£45.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼57%
- Now £2.4m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 29
- Deferred income
- ▲17%
- Now £664k
- Fixed assets
- ▼32%
- Now £41k
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
- Liquidity Services, Inc (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Liquidity Services Limited75–100%
- Liquidity Services UK Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Goindustry-Dovebid LimitedRev. — · Profit £7k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit −£1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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