Osram Limited
Registered name: OSRAM LIMITED
Part of Ams-Osram Ag groupOsram Limited made £4.1m revenue and a £3.8m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Osram Limited’s revenue fell 16% to £4.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £3.8m and 1 employee. The company is classified under “manufacture of electric lighting equipment” and is based in Leeds; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Leeds, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 10 yrs · since 2015
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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: “The ultimate parent undertaking is ams-OSRAM AG”
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 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Profit only | Profit only | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | £4.9m | £4.1m |
| Cost of sales | — | £5.1m | £4.6m | £3.9m | £3.4m |
| Gross profit | — | — | — | £985k | £701k |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | −£6.4m | −£2.8m |
| Profit before tax | — | −£26.9m | £10.2m | −£7.4m | −£3.8m |
| Profit (best available) | — | −£26.9m | £10.2m | −£7.4m | −£3.8m |
| Employees (average) | 26 | 23 | 14 | 1 | 1 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | −152.6% | −91.5% |
| Gross margin | — | — | — | 20.3% | 17.1% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | — | £4.9m | £4.1m |
| Profit per employee | — | −£1.2m | £726k | −£7.4m | −£3.8m |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | — | ▼15.7% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼173% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▼39.1% | ▼92.9% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £461k | £303k | £769k | £582k | £719k |
| Net assets | £28.3m | £1.3m | £11.3m | £3.9m | −£621 |
| Debtors | £4m | £4.6m | £1.5m | £1m | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −91.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 17.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £4.1m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£3.8m
- 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
- ▼100%
- Now −£621
- Cash at bank
- ▲24%
- Now £719k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 1
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Ams-Osram Ag (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Osram Limitedthis 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 Dec 2025 (profit −£3.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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