Drivalia UK Ltd
Registered name: DRIVALIA UK LTD
Drivalia UK Ltd made £33.3m revenue and a £1.8m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Drivalia UK Ltd’s revenue fell 9% to £33.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £1.8m and 120 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Slough; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Slough, South East
- Age
- 13 yrs · since 2012
- 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 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £31.7m | £36.5m | £33.3m |
| Cost of sales | £16.7m | £20.7m | £23m |
| Gross profit | £15m | £15.8m | £10.3m |
| Operating profit | £4.3m | £6.1m | −£621k |
| Profit before tax | £4.2m | £5.4m | −£1.8m |
| Profit after tax | £3m | £4.1m | −£1.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £3m | £4.1m | −£1.8m |
| Staff costs | £4.8m | £5.8m | — |
| Employees (average) | 120 | 126 | 120 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 9.5% | 11.1% | −5.5% |
| Gross margin | 47.3% | 43.3% | 30.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £264k | £289k | £278k |
| Profit per employee | £25.2k | £32.1k | −£15.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲15% | ▼8.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲34% | ▼145.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5% | ▼4.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £497k | £2m | £656k |
| Net assets | £2.2m | £6.2m | £4.4m |
| Fixed assets | £15.3m | £14.5m | £22.9m |
| Current assets | £4.8m | £9m | £9.3m |
| Debtors | £1.4m | £2m | £2.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −5.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 30.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £278k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£15.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 68.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 6.6%
- 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
- ▼30%
- Now £4.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼68%
- Now £656k
- Headcount
- ▼5%
- Now 120
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲58%
- Now £22.9m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit −£1.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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