Emsc (UK) Limited
Registered name: EMSC (UK) LIMITED
Part of D2zero Limited groupEmsc (UK) Limited made £5.1m revenue and a £5m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Emsc (UK) Limited’s revenue was £5.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £5m and 141 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other electrical equipment” and is based in Sheffield; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Sheffield, Yorkshire and The Humber
- 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: “EMSC Global Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 May 2022 | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £15.4m | £21.2m | £5.1m |
| Cost of sales | — | £15m | £20.7m | £6.5m |
| Gross profit | — | £357k | £447k | −£1.3m |
| Operating profit | — | −£4.7m | −£3.7m | −£4m |
| Profit before tax | — | −£5.1m | −£4.8m | −£5m |
| Profit after tax | — | −£5.1m | −£4.8m | −£5m |
| Profit (best available) | — | −£5.1m | −£4.8m | −£5m |
| Staff costs | £4.7m | £6.3m | £7m | £3.8m |
| Employees (average) | 95 | 125 | 142 | 141 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | −33.1% | −22.7% | −98.2% |
| Gross margin | — | 2.3% | 2.1% | −26.2% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £123k | £149k | £36.4k |
| Profit per employee | — | −£40.7k | −£33.9k | −£35.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲38% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲31.6% | ▲13.6% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £987k | £435k | £322k | £483k |
| Net assets | — | −£7.8m | −£16.5m | −£21.5m |
| Fixed assets | £3.1m | £3.2m | £1.2m | £1.3m |
| Current assets | — | £15.1m | £11.1m | £11.8m |
| Debtors | £3.1m | £2.2m | £1.2m | £1.4m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −98.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- −26.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £36.4k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£35.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 24.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 28.1%
- 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 −£21.5m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £483k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 141
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £1.3m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- D2zero Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Buchan 1 Limited50–75%
- Emsc Global Limited75–100%
- Emsc (UK) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Bromsgrove Winding 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 2024 (profit −£5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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