Ult Trading Company Limited
Registered name: ULT TRADING COMPANY LIMITED
Part of United Learning Ltd groupUlt Trading Company Limited made £4.8m revenue and £4.2m profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
Ult Trading Company Limited’s revenue grew 6% to £4.8m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £4.2m profit and 32 employees. The company is classified under “operation of sports facilities” and is based in Peterborough; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Peterborough, East of England
- Age
- 17 yrs · since 2009
- 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 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £3.8m | £4.5m | £4.8m |
| Cost of sales | −£723k | −£808k | −£726k |
| Gross profit | £3.1m | £3.7m | £4.1m |
| Operating profit | £3m | £3.7m | £4m |
| Profit before tax | £3.1m | £3.8m | £4.2m |
| Profit after tax | £3.1m | £3.8m | £4.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.1m | £3.8m | £4.2m |
| Employees (average) | 34 | 32 | 32 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 81.2% | 85.1% | 87.4% |
| Gross margin | 81.1% | 82.1% | 84.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £113k | £141k | £149k |
| Profit per employee | £91.4k | £120k | £131k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲17.9% | ▲5.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲23.6% | ▲8.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼5.9% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 87.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 84.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £149k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £131k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- 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
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 32
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- United Learning Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- United Church Schools Trust75–100%
- United Learning Trust75–100%
- Ult Trading Company Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Ult Projects LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit £4.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 14 Oct 2026
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