Delta Global Source (UK) Limited
Registered name: DELTA GLOBAL SOURCE (UK) LIMITED
Part of Delta Global Source Holdings Limited groupDelta Global Source (UK) Limited made £8.5m revenue and a £207k loss in the year to 30 Sep 2024.
Delta Global Source (UK) Limited’s revenue fell 37% to £8.5m in the year to 30 Sep 2024, with a loss of £207k and 31 employees. The company is classified under “packaging activities” and is based in Leicester; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Leicester, East Midlands
- 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: “Delta Global Source Holdings Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £13.4m | £8.5m |
| Cost of sales | £9.6m | £6m |
| Gross profit | £3.9m | £2.5m |
| Operating profit | £715k | −£245k |
| Profit before tax | £664k | −£246k |
| Profit after tax | £516k | −£207k |
| Profit (best available) | £516k | −£207k |
| Staff costs | £1.7m | £1.4m |
| Employees (average) | 33 | 31 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 3.8% | −2.4% |
| Gross margin | 28.9% | 29.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £407k | £274k |
| Profit per employee | £15.6k | −£6.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼36.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼140.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼6.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £374k | £817k |
| Net assets | £2.3m | £1.5m |
| Fixed assets | £196k | £208k |
| Current assets | £5.7m | £4.1m |
| Debtors | £2.5m | £849k |
| Deferred income | £1.2m | £680k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −2.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 29.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £274k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£6.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10%
- 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
- ▼34%
- Now £1.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲118%
- Now £817k
- Headcount
- ▼6%
- Now 31
- Deferred income
- ▼43%
- Now £680k
- Fixed assets
- ▲6%
- Now £208k
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
- Delta Global Source Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Delta Global Source (UK) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Delta Global Source (China) 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 30 Sep 2024 (profit −£207k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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