Zettlex (UK) Limited
Registered name: ZETTLEX (UK) LIMITED
Part of Novanta Inc. groupZettlex (UK) Limited made £22.4m revenue and £11.9m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Zettlex (UK) Limited’s revenue grew 5% to £22.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £11.9m profit and 47 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other technical ceramic products” and is based in Foxton; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Foxton, 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 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) | £13.6m | £16.1m | £21.4m | £22.4m |
| Cost of sales | £4.8m | £5.4m | £5.9m | £7.1m |
| Gross profit | £8.7m | £10.7m | £15.5m | £15.3m |
| Operating profit | — | £9.1m | £12.6m | £13.3m |
| Profit before tax | £6.5m | £9.1m | £12.7m | £13.3m |
| Profit after tax | £5.8m | £8.1m | £11.3m | £11.9m |
| Profit (best available) | £5.8m | £8.1m | £11.3m | £11.9m |
| Staff costs | £2.2m | £2.3m | £2.4m | £2.6m |
| Employees (average) | 41 | 43 | 44 | 47 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 42.8% | 50.2% | 52.7% | 53% |
| Gross margin | 64.4% | 66.6% | 72.4% | 68.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £331k | £374k | £486k | £476k |
| Profit per employee | £142k | £187k | £256k | £253k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲18.5% | ▲33% | ▲4.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲38.9% | ▲39.7% | ▲5.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.9% | ▲2.3% | ▲6.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.5m | £1.2m | £1.9m | £1m |
| Net assets | £3m | £4m | £5m | £4.9m |
| Fixed assets | £235k | £231k | £584k | £527k |
| Current assets | £5.3m | £5.5m | £7.3m | £6m |
| Debtors | £1.9m | £2.2m | £3.4m | £2.7m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 53%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 68.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £476k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £253k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11.9%
- 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
- ▼3%
- Now £4.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▼47%
- Now £1m
- Headcount
- ▲7%
- Now 47
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼10%
- Now £527k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Novanta Inc. (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Novanta UK Investments Holding Limited75–100%
- Novanta Technologies UK Limited75–100%
- Zettlex (UK) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Laser Quantum LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £11.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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