Ellison Europe Limited
Registered name: ELLISON EUROPE LIMITED
Ellison Europe Limited made £4m revenue and a £496k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Ellison Europe Limited’s revenue fell 21% to £4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £496k and 32 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other special-purpose machinery” and is based in Wrexham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Wrexham, Wales
- Age
- 19 yrs · since 2007
- 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: “Ellison Educational Equipment Inc (incorporated in USA) is regarded by the directors as being the company's ultimate parent company.Ellison Educational Equipment Inc is considered to be the ultimate p”
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) | £8.7m | £6.6m | £5.1m | £4m |
| Cost of sales | £5.4m | £2.9m | £3.3m | £2.6m |
| Gross profit | £3.3m | £3.6m | £1.8m | £1.4m |
| Operating profit | −£801k | −£243k | −£1.4m | −£639k |
| Profit before tax | −£913k | −£385k | −£1.5m | −£693k |
| Profit after tax | −£627k | −£316k | −£1.2m | −£496k |
| Profit (best available) | −£627k | −£316k | −£1.2m | −£496k |
| Staff costs | £3.4m | £2.9m | £2.5m | — |
| Employees (average) | 80 | 57 | 43 | 32 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −7.2% | −4.8% | −22.6% | −12.3% |
| Gross margin | 37.5% | 55.2% | 35.9% | 35.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £109k | £115k | £119k | £126k |
| Profit per employee | −£7.8k | −£5.5k | −£26.9k | −£15.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼24.5% | ▼22% | ▼21.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼28.7% | ▼24.6% | ▼25.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £621k | £592k | £132k | £319k |
| Net assets | £1.6m | £1.3m | £2.5m | £2m |
| Fixed assets | £695k | £544k | £222k | £285k |
| Current assets | £5.3m | £4.4m | £3.6m | £2.6m |
| Debtors | £1.2m | £763k | £572k | £385k |
| Deferred income | £224k | £114k | £98.1k | £47.8k |
| Cash from operations | −£644k | −£729k | £2.4m | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −12.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 35.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £126k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£15.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 9.5%
- 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
- ▼20%
- Now £2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲142%
- Now £319k
- Headcount
- ▼26%
- Now 32
- Deferred income
- ▼51%
- Now £47.8k
- Fixed assets
- ▲29%
- Now £285k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Creative Rox LtdFigures 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 −£496k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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