Electric Systems Limited
Registered name: ELECTRIC SYSTEMS LIMITED
Part of Pilot Group Limited groupElectric Systems Limited made £31.1m revenue and £54.8k profit in the year to 31 May 2025. read from filing text
Electric Systems Limited’s revenue fell 11% to £31.1m in the year to 31 May 2025, with £54.8k profit and 84 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of electronic and telecommunications equipment and parts”; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- North West
- Age
- 20 yrs · since 2006
- 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 immediate parent company is ESL Investco Limited, a company registered in England and Wales (company number 09795662, same registered office). Both the smallest and largest group in which Electric”
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 May 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) | £39.6m | £43.4m | £34.9m | £31.1m |
| Cost of sales | £29.2m | £30.8m | £25m | £23m |
| Gross profit | £10.5m | £12.5m | £9.9m | £8.1m |
| Operating profit | £4m | £4.2m | £1.7m | −£452k |
| Profit before tax | £4.2m | £4.6m | £2.3m | £65.6k |
| Profit after tax | £3.5m | £3.7m | £2.8m | £54.8k |
| Profit (best available) | £3.5m | £3.7m | £2.8m | £54.8k |
| Staff costs | £2.5m | £3.5m | £3.4m | £4.7m |
| Employees (average) | 47 | 63 | 72 | 84 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 8.7% | 8.6% | 8.1% | 0.2% |
| Gross margin | 26.5% | 28.9% | 28.4% | 26.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £844k | £688k | £485k | £370k |
| Profit per employee | £73.7k | £59.2k | £39.3k | £652 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲9.4% | ▼19.5% | ▼10.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲7.6% | ▼24% | ▼98.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲34% | ▲14.3% | ▲16.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.4m | £1.3m | £426k | £175k |
| Net assets | £12.9m | £11.6m | £11.4m | £6.2m |
| Fixed assets | £41.1k | £79.7k | £84.9k | £174k |
| Current assets | £20.9m | £26.6m | £19.6m | £17m |
| Debtors | £7.5m | £5.7m | £4.3m | £4.2m |
| Deferred income | £1m | £1m | £1.1m | £1.9m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 26.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £370k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £652
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 6.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.6%
- 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
- ▼46%
- Now £6.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼59%
- Now £175k
- Headcount
- ▲17%
- Now 84
- Deferred income
- ▲79%
- Now £1.9m
- Fixed assets
- ▲105%
- Now £174k
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
- Pilot Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Esl Investco Limited75–100%
- Electric Systems Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Electric Systems Logistics 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 May 2025 (profit £54.8k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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