Polyfont UK Limited
Registered name: POLYFONT UK LIMITED
Polyfont UK Limited made £13.2m revenue and £2.3m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Polyfont UK Limited’s revenue fell 10% to £13.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £2.3m profit and 4 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of other intermediate products” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 10 yrs · since 2016
- 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: “SOFINPOL SAS”
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 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £16.9m | £17.6m | £14.6m | £13.2m |
| Cost of sales | £10.7m | £12.3m | £10.5m | £9.8m |
| Gross profit | £6.1m | £5.3m | £4.1m | £3.4m |
| Operating profit | £5.8m | £5m | £3.8m | £3m |
| Profit before tax | £5.8m | £5m | £3.9m | £3m |
| Profit after tax | £4.7m | £3.8m | £2.9m | £2.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £4.7m | £3.8m | £2.9m | £2.3m |
| Staff costs | £65.5k | £80k | £91.4k | £80k |
| Employees (average) | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 28.1% | 21.8% | 19.8% | 17.3% |
| Gross margin | 36.4% | 29.9% | 28.3% | 25.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £5.6m | £4.4m | £3.6m | £3.3m |
| Profit per employee | £1.6m | £958k | £723k | £571k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲4.2% | ▼17% | ▼9.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼19% | ▼24.6% | ▼21% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲33.3% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £6.7m | £4.5m | £5.4m | £4.7m |
| Net assets | £4.6m | £2.7m | £3.2m | £2.4m |
| Fixed assets | £760 | £454 | £148 | £0 |
| Current assets | £10.8m | £8.1m | £8.2m | £7.6m |
| Debtors | £717k | £488k | £259k | £243k |
| Deferred income | £66.6k | £121k | £152k | £57.2k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 17.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 25.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £3.3m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £571k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.8%
- 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
- ▼25%
- Now £2.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼12%
- Now £4.7m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 4
- Deferred income
- ▼62%
- Now £57.2k
- Fixed assets
- ▼100%
- Now £0
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £2.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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