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Company No. 04191875 · Incorporated 2 Apr 2001

Uts Engineering Limited

Registered name: UTS ENGINEERING LIMITED

Part of Shaun Sadler Holdings Limited group

Uts Engineering Limited made £18.4m revenue and a £69k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text

Uts Engineering Limited’s revenue grew 21% to £18.4m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £69k and 135 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of basic iron and steel and of ferro-alloys” and is based in Jarrow; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Status
Active
Location
Jarrow, North East
Age
25 yrs · since 2001
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: “The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Shaun Sadler Holdings Limited, a company registered in the United Kingdom. Shaun Sadler Holdings Limited is controlled by S W Sadler by virtue of his 100% s”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Mar 2025

Key figures

Revenue
£18.4m
Growth ▲20.7%
Profit
−£69k
Growth ▼105.8%
Profit margin
−0.4%
Gross 39.7%
Employees
135
Change ▲35%
Profit / employee
−£511
Revenue/employee £137k
Profitable streak
0yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Mar 202231 Mar 202331 Mar 202431 Mar 2025
DisclosureFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£12.7m£14.5m£15.3m£18.4m
Cost of sales£7.6m£8.3m£8.4m£11.1m
Gross profit£5.1m£6.2m£6.9m£7.3m
Operating profit−£101k£2.8m£1.5m£778k
Profit before tax−£522k£2.3m£1.1m£85.2k
Profit after tax−£386k£2.3m£1.2m−£69k
Profit (best available)−£386k£2.3m£1.2m−£69k
Staff costs£4.2m£4.3m£4.5m£6.3m
Employees (average)113106100135
Ratios
Profit margin−3%15.8%7.8%−0.4%
Gross margin40.1%42.5%44.9%39.7%
Revenue per employee£112k£137k£153k£137k
Profit per employee−£3.4k£21.5k£12k−£511
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲14%▲5.4%▲20.7%
Profit growth——▼47.5%▼105.8%
Headcount growth—▼6.2%▼5.7%▲35%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£491k£629k£858k£486k
Net assets£7.8m£10.3m£11.5m£11.4m
Fixed assets£5.5m£5.6m£5.6m£5.7m
Current assets£10.7m£12.1m£13.3m£15.5m
Debtors£2.4m£2.4m£2.7m£4.1m
Deferred income£121k£369k£101k£137k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
−0.4%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
39.7%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£137k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
−£511
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
30.9%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
0.7%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
22.1%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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 £11.4m
Cash at bank
▼43%
Now £486k
Headcount
▲35%
Now 135
Deferred income
▲35%
Now £137k
Fixed assets
▲1%
Now £5.7m

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Shaun Sadler Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Uts Engineering Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Sister companies (2)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit −£69k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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