Ziegler UK Limited
Registered name: ZIEGLER UK LIMITED
Part of Aquila Strategic Ltd groupZiegler UK Limited made £126m revenue and a £2m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Ziegler UK Limited’s revenue grew 13% to £126m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £2m and 340 employees. The company is classified under “other service activities incidental to land transportation,” and is based in Stanford-Le-Hope; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Stanford-Le-Hope, East of England
- Age
- 20 yrs · since 2005
- 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 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £127m | £94.6m | £112m | £126m |
| Cost of sales | £102m | £70.5m | £84.8m | £94m |
| Gross profit | £24.6m | £24.1m | £27.3m | £32.4m |
| Operating profit | £7m | £4.8m | £1.7m | −£1.8m |
| Profit before tax | £7m | £5.1m | £2.9m | −£1.2m |
| Profit after tax | £5.8m | £3.8m | £1.9m | −£2m |
| Profit (best available) | £5.8m | £3.8m | £1.9m | −£2m |
| Staff costs | £12.9m | £13.6m | £16m | £18.2m |
| Employees (average) | 249 | 265 | 302 | 340 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4.5% | 4% | 1.7% | −1.6% |
| Gross margin | 19.4% | 25.4% | 24.4% | 25.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £508k | £357k | £371k | £372k |
| Profit per employee | £23.1k | £14.3k | £6.3k | −£5.8k |
| Cash conversion | −129.5% | −27% | −47.8% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼25.3% | ▲18.6% | ▲12.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼34.3% | ▼49.8% | ▼202.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.4% | ▲14% | ▲12.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £14.3m | £11.5m | £6.9m | £2.4m |
| Net assets | £17.2m | £21m | £23m | £21m |
| Fixed assets | £1.8m | £4.8m | £7.5m | £8.1m |
| Current assets | £34.9m | £35.7m | £36.2m | £37.5m |
| Debtors | £16.1m | £13.7m | £17m | £20m |
| Deferred income | £10.4m | £9.4m | £8.8m | £9.2m |
| Cash from operations | −£9.1m | −£1.3m | −£830k | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −1.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 25.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £372k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£5.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 6.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 7.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 15.8%
- 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
- ▼9%
- Now £21m
- Cash at bank
- ▼65%
- Now £2.4m
- Headcount
- ▲13%
- Now 340
- Deferred income
- ▲5%
- Now £9.2m
- Fixed assets
- ▲8%
- Now £8.1m
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
- Aquila Strategic Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Eaglets Limited75–100%
- Ziegler UK Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- I C T Express 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 2025 (profit −£2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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