Ubisense Limited
Registered name: UBISENSE LIMITED
Part of Abyssinian Topco Limited groupUbisense Limited made a £13.1m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
Ubisense Limited reported a loss of £13.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 41 employees. The company is classified under “other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering” and is based in Cambridge; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cambridge, East of England
- Age
- 24 yrs · since 2002
- 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's immediate parent company was Abyssinian Bidco Limited, a private limited company incorporated in England and Wales, by virtue of their 100% holding in Ubisense Limited. The Company is in”
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — |
| Cost of sales | £5.8m | £3.2m | £2.7m |
| Profit after tax | −£2.7m | −£7.5m | −£13.1m |
| Profit (best available) | −£2.7m | −£7.5m | −£13.1m |
| Employees (average) | 37 | 40 | 41 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | — | — |
| Profit per employee | −£73.4k | −£188k | −£319k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Headcount growth | — | ▲8.1% | ▲2.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £171k | £1.7m | £511k |
| Net assets | £8.4m | £880k | −£12.2m |
| Fixed assets | £18.9m | £16m | £15.1m |
| Current assets | £13.8m | £31.2m | £14.6m |
| Debtors | £751k | £251k | £149k |
| Deferred income | £2.2m | £757k | £470k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£319k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- ▼1488%
- Now −£12.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼70%
- Now £511k
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 41
- Deferred income
- ▼38%
- Now £470k
- Fixed assets
- ▼5%
- Now £15.1m
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
- Abyssinian Topco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Abyssinian Midco Limited75–100%
- Abyssinian Bidco Limited75–100%
- Ubisense 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 Dec 2025 (profit −£13.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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