Silox UK Ltd
Registered name: SILOX UK LTD
Silox UK Ltd made £625k revenue and £12.5k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Silox UK Ltd’s revenue fell 18% to £625k in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £12.5k profit and 5 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of chemical products” and is based in Harpenden; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Harpenden, East of England
- Age
- 22 yrs · since 2003
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £376k | £562k | £766k | £625k |
| Cost of sales | £120k | £268k | £437k | £328k |
| Gross profit | £256k | £294k | £328k | £297k |
| Operating profit | £4.8k | £166 | £17.9k | £16.7k |
| Profit before tax | £4.7k | £163 | £17.9k | £16.7k |
| Profit after tax | £3.8k | −£501 | £12.9k | £12.5k |
| Profit (best available) | £3.8k | −£501 | £12.9k | £12.5k |
| Staff costs | £163k | £196k | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1% | −0.1% | 1.7% | 2% |
| Gross margin | 68.1% | 52.3% | 42.9% | 47.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £75.2k | £112k | £153k | £125k |
| Profit per employee | £756 | −£100 | £2.6k | £2.5k |
| Cash conversion | −701.1% | 27245% | 225.7% | −289.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲49.5% | ▲36.3% | ▼18.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼113.3% | — | ▼3.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £27.4k | £72.7k | £113k | £64.8k |
| Net assets | £9.1k | £8.6k | £21.5k | £34.1k |
| Fixed assets | £2.6k | £1.7k | £731 | — |
| Current assets | £37.6k | £88.9k | £257k | £204k |
| Debtors | £10.1k | £16.2k | £116k | £122k |
| Deferred income | £5.5k | £5.7k | £5.9k | £12.3k |
| Cash from operations | −£34k | £45.2k | £40.4k | −£48.3k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2024 | Accounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 47.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £125k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −289.5%
- 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
- 2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 19.5%
- 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
- ▲58%
- Now £34.1k
- Cash at bank
- ▼43%
- Now £64.8k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 5
- Deferred income
- ▲109%
- Now £12.3k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £12.5k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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