High Voltage Systems and Services Limited
Registered name: HIGH VOLTAGE SYSTEMS AND SERVICES LIMITED
Part of HVSS Group Limited groupHigh Voltage Systems and Services Limited made £48.3m revenue and £5m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
High Voltage Systems and Services Limited’s revenue grew 31% to £48.3m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £5m profit and 98 employees. The company is classified under “construction of utility projects for fluids” and is based in Kettering; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Kettering, East Midlands
- Age
- 15 yrs · since 2010
- 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £23.4m | £35.8m | £36.8m | £48.3m |
| Cost of sales | £17m | £28.4m | £28.3m | £38.3m |
| Gross profit | £6.4m | £7.4m | £8.5m | £10m |
| Operating profit | £5m | £5.2m | £5.6m | £6.6m |
| Profit before tax | £5m | £5.2m | £5.6m | £6.7m |
| Profit after tax | £4.1m | £4.2m | £4.2m | £5m |
| Profit (best available) | £4.1m | £4.2m | £4.2m | £5m |
| Staff costs | £2.7m | £4.3m | £5.4m | £6.5m |
| Employees (average) | 58 | 76 | 87 | 98 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 17.3% | 11.8% | 11.3% | 10.3% |
| Gross margin | 27.5% | 20.8% | 23.1% | 20.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £403k | £472k | £423k | £492k |
| Profit per employee | £69.9k | £55.5k | £47.9k | £50.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲53.3% | ▲2.6% | ▲31.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲4% | ▼1.2% | ▲19.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲31% | ▲14.5% | ▲12.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £10.7m | £3.6m | £6m | £2.7m |
| Net assets | £2.3m | £6.5m | £8.7m | £9.7m |
| Fixed assets | £368k | £821k | £953k | £1.2m |
| Current assets | £22.4m | £29.6m | £25.6m | £33.3m |
| Debtors | £5.1m | £4.7m | £5m | £6m |
| Deferred income | £42.1k | £57.3k | £78.2k | £415k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 10.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 20.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £492k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £50.7k
- 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
- 0.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 12.4%
- 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
- ▲11%
- Now £9.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼56%
- Now £2.7m
- Headcount
- ▲13%
- Now 98
- Deferred income
- ▲431%
- Now £415k
- Fixed assets
- ▲26%
- Now £1.2m
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
- HVSS Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- High Voltage Systems and Services Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- D P Cable Jointing LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (3)
- CMS Networx LtdRev. £0 · Profit £0
- Am Electrics (Renewables) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- CMS Kettering LtdFigures 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 31 Mar 2025 (profit £5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 14 Oct 2026
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