Xantaro UK Ltd.
Registered name: XANTARO UK LTD.
Part of Xantaro UK Holdings Ltd groupXantaro UK Ltd. made £25.7m revenue and £561k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
Xantaro UK Ltd.’s revenue fell 12% to £25.7m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £561k profit and 21 employees. The company is classified under “other information technology service activities” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 15 yrs · since 2011
- 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) | £33m | £29.2m | £25.7m |
| Cost of sales | £26.4m | £22.5m | £20m |
| Gross profit | £6.6m | £6.8m | £5.7m |
| Operating profit | £348k | £409k | £547k |
| Profit before tax | £402k | £444k | £573k |
| Profit after tax | £297k | £305k | £561k |
| Profit (best available) | £297k | £305k | £561k |
| Staff costs | £3.3m | £2.6m | £2.8m |
| Employees (average) | 26 | 21 | 21 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 0.9% | 1% | 2.2% |
| Gross margin | 20% | 23.2% | 22.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.3m | £1.4m | £1.2m |
| Profit per employee | £11.4k | £14.5k | £26.7k |
| Cash conversion | 904.5% | −256.8% | 588.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼11.4% | ▼12.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲2.8% | ▲84% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼19.2% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £5.4m | £6.4m | £3m |
| Net assets | £3.4m | £3.7m | £4.2m |
| Fixed assets | £433k | £390k | £381k |
| Current assets | £15.4m | £14.6m | £17.9m |
| Debtors | £4.7m | £2.8m | £4.6m |
| Deferred income | £5.7m | £5.3m | £7.3m |
| Cash from operations | £3.1m | −£1m | £3.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 22.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.2m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £26.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 588.7%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 28.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 18.1%
- 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
- ▲15%
- Now £4.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼54%
- Now £3m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 21
- Deferred income
- ▲38%
- Now £7.3m
- Fixed assets
- ▼2%
- Now £381k
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
- Xantaro UK Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Xantaro UK Ltd.this company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit £561k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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