Uv&s Ltd
Registered name: UV&S LTD
Uv&s Ltd made £12.1m revenue and a £105k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Uv&s Ltd’s revenue grew 6% to £12.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £105k and 48 employees. The company is classified under “library activities” and is based in Ashford; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ashford, London
- Age
- 13 yrs · since 2013
- 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 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £8.3m | £11.4m | £12.1m |
| Cost of sales | £3.5m | £5.5m | £5.9m |
| Gross profit | £4.7m | £5.9m | £6.2m |
| Operating profit | £659k | £1.3m | £1.1m |
| Profit before tax | −£130k | £332k | £170k |
| Profit after tax | −£372k | £18.5k | −£105k |
| Profit (best available) | −£372k | £18.5k | −£105k |
| Employees (average) | 38 | 49 | 48 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −4.5% | 0.2% | −0.9% |
| Gross margin | 57.2% | 52% | 51.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £217k | £233k | £252k |
| Profit per employee | −£9.8k | £377 | −£2.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲38% | ▲6.1% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼668% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲28.9% | ▼2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1.3m | £804k | — |
| Net assets | £5.9m | £5.9m | — |
| Fixed assets | £9.2m | £9.7m | — |
| Current assets | £2.6m | £2.3m | — |
| Debtors | £559k | £617k | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 51.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £252k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£2.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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 —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 48
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (3)
- Coloursonic LimitedFigures not disclosed
- R3store Studios LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Uv&s Event Services LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£105k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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