Emsc Global Limited
Registered name: EMSC GLOBAL LIMITED
Part of D2zero Limited groupEmsc Global Limited made £5.1m revenue and a £5m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Emsc Global Limited’s revenue was £5.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £5m and 141 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of electricity distribution and control apparatus” and is based in Sheffield; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Sheffield, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 13 yrs · since 2013
- 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. From the filing: “Buchan 1 Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 May 2022 | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £15.4m | £21.2m | £5.1m |
| Cost of sales | — | £15m | £20.7m | £6.5m |
| Gross profit | — | £357k | £447k | −£1.3m |
| Operating profit | — | −£4.6m | −£3.6m | −£3.9m |
| Profit before tax | — | −£5m | −£4.7m | −£5m |
| Profit after tax | −£70.7k | −£540 | −£4.7m | −£5m |
| Profit (best available) | −£70.7k | −£540 | −£4.7m | −£5m |
| Staff costs | £4.7m | £6.3m | £7m | £3.8m |
| Employees (average) | 95 | 125 | 142 | 141 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 0% | −22.3% | −97% |
| Gross margin | — | 2.3% | 2.1% | −26.2% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £123k | £149k | £36.4k |
| Profit per employee | −£744 | −£4 | −£33.2k | −£35.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲38% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲31.6% | ▲13.6% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £929 | £42.6k | £113 | £3k |
| Net assets | £5m | £5.5m | £3.6m | £3.6m |
| Fixed assets | £3.2m | £3.4m | £1.5m | £1.6m |
| Current assets | £1.4m | £1.9m | £226 | £3.1k |
| Debtors | £3.1m | £2.2m | £113 | £98 |
| Cash from operations | — | −£778k | −£11.1m | −£5.8m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −97%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- −26.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £36.4k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£35.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 30.5%
- 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
- —
- Now £3.6m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £3k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 141
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £1.6m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- D2zero Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Buchan 1 Limited50–75%
- Emsc Global Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Emsc (UK) LimitedRev. £5.1m · Profit −£5m
- Bromsgrove Winding Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (4)
- Buchan 2 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Buchan 3 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Hydrasun Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Nexos Group LimitedFigures 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 Dec 2024 (profit −£5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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