Utility Support Solutions Limited
Registered name: UTILITY SUPPORT SOLUTIONS LIMITED
Utility Support Solutions Limited made £10.4m revenue and £795k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Utility Support Solutions Limited’s revenue fell 3% to £10.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £795k profit and 60 employees. The company is classified under “construction of roads and motorways” and is based in Chester Le Street; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chester Le Street, North East
- Age
- 15 yrs · since 2011
- 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 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £14.7m | £12.3m | £10.7m | £10.4m |
| Cost of sales | £11m | £9.8m | £7.9m | £7.2m |
| Gross profit | £3.7m | £2.5m | £2.8m | £3.2m |
| Operating profit | £888k | −£11.8k | £433k | £1.1m |
| Profit before tax | £916k | −£25k | £415k | £1.1m |
| Profit after tax | £877k | −£79.5k | £787k | £795k |
| Profit (best available) | £877k | −£79.5k | £787k | £795k |
| Staff costs | £2.9m | £3.4m | £2.6m | £2.4m |
| Employees (average) | 79 | 95 | 72 | 60 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 6% | −0.7% | 7.4% | 7.6% |
| Gross margin | 25.3% | 20% | 26.3% | 31.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £186k | £129k | £148k | £173k |
| Profit per employee | £11.1k | −£837 | £10.9k | £13.3k |
| Cash conversion | −118.9% | — | −135.2% | −116.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼16.4% | ▼13.1% | ▼2.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼109.1% | — | ▲1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲20.3% | ▼24.2% | ▼16.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2m | £1.2m | £892k | £1.2m |
| Net assets | £3.2m | £3.1m | £3.9m | £4.7m |
| Fixed assets | £694k | £1.3m | £991k | £2.5m |
| Current assets | £5.4m | £5.3m | £5.8m | £6.4m |
| Debtors | £78.2k | £55.5k | £91.5k | £110k |
| Cash from operations | −£1.1m | £187k | −£585k | −£1.3m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 31.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £173k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £13.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −116.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 24.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.1%
- 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
- ▲20%
- Now £4.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲38%
- Now £1.2m
- Headcount
- ▼17%
- Now 60
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲154%
- Now £2.5m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £795k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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