SPB UK & Ireland Ltd
Registered name: SPB UK & IRELAND LTD
Part of Spb groupSPB UK & Ireland Ltd made £9.3m revenue and £1.6m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
SPB UK & Ireland Ltd’s revenue fell 10% to £9.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.6m profit and 36 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in Portsmouth; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Portsmouth, South East
- Age
- 17 yrs · since 2009
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10.4m | £9.3m |
| Cost of sales | £3.8m | £2.5m |
| Gross profit | £6.6m | £6.8m |
| Operating profit | £2.2m | £2.3m |
| Profit before tax | £2.2m | £2.4m |
| Profit after tax | £1.5m | £1.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.5m | £1.6m |
| Employees (average) | 41 | 36 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 14.8% | 17.3% |
| Gross margin | 63.3% | 73.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £253k | £258k |
| Profit per employee | £37.4k | £44.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼10.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲4.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼12.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £76.5k | £59.3k |
| Net assets | £4.3m | £4.3m |
| Fixed assets | £6m | £6m |
| Current assets | £82.4k | £257k |
| Debtors | £0 | £0 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 17.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 73.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £258k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £44.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 64%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- ▼0%
- Now £4.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼22%
- Now £59.3k
- Headcount
- ▼12%
- Now 36
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- 0%
- Now £6m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Spb (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- SPB UK & Ireland Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (5)
- Burnett & Associates LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Citymain Administrators LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Citymain LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Loyal Insurance Services LtdFigures not disclosed
- Square Pound LtdFigures 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 £1.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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