Contactum Limited
Registered name: CONTACTUM LIMITED
Contactum Limited made £12.6m revenue and £1.1m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Contactum Limited’s revenue fell 14% to £12.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.1m profit and 44 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of electricity distribution and control apparatus” and is based in Dunstable; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Dunstable, East of England
- Age
- 17 yrs · since 2009
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £18.7m | £14.6m | £12.6m |
| Cost of sales | £13.5m | £11.2m | £8.8m |
| Gross profit | £5.2m | £2m | £3.8m |
| Operating profit | −£592k | −£3.7m | −£509k |
| Profit before tax | £791k | −£4m | £1.1m |
| Profit after tax | £539k | −£4m | £1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £539k | −£4m | £1.1m |
| Staff costs | £3.3m | £3.1m | £2.3m |
| Employees (average) | 70 | 70 | 44 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 2.9% | −27.6% | 8.9% |
| Gross margin | 27.7% | 14% | 30.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £267k | £208k | £286k |
| Profit per employee | £7.7k | −£57.5k | £25.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼22% | ▼13.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼846.4% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼37.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1.8m | £1.8m | £2.3m |
| Net assets | −£12.9m | −£17m | −£15.8m |
| Fixed assets | £905k | £956k | £870k |
| Current assets | £14.3m | £9.2m | £9.5m |
| Debtors | £3m | £2.4m | £2.2m |
| Deferred income | £1.9m | £1.7m | £1.2m |
| Cash from operations | £123k | £2.6m | £2.4m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 30.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £286k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £25.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 6.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 9.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 17.2%
- 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 −£15.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲29%
- Now £2.3m
- Headcount
- ▼37%
- Now 44
- Deferred income
- ▼29%
- Now £1.2m
- Fixed assets
- ▼9%
- Now £870k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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