Universal Partners FX Ltd
Registered name: UNIVERSAL PARTNERS FX LTD
Part of Universal Partners Group Limited groupUniversal Partners FX Ltd made £11.8m revenue and £828k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025. read from filing text
Universal Partners FX Ltd’s revenue fell 4% to £11.8m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £828k profit and 70 employees. The company is classified under “financial intermediation not elsewhere classified” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 9 yrs · since 2017
- 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 company is Universal Partners Group Limited, a company incorporated in England. Consolidated financial statements are prepared by the parent company and are publicly available at C”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £11.4m | £12.2m | £11.8m |
| Cost of sales | £1.3m | £877k | £865k |
| Gross profit | £10.1m | £11.3m | £10.9m |
| Operating profit | £3.5m | £2.8m | £977k |
| Profit before tax | £3.7m | £3.1m | £1.2m |
| Profit after tax | £2.9m | £2.2m | £828k |
| Profit (best available) | £2.9m | £2.2m | £828k |
| Staff costs | £4.3m | £5.5m | £6.3m |
| Employees (average) | 60 | 73 | 70 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 25.4% | 18.2% | 7% |
| Gross margin | 88.4% | 92.8% | 92.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £190k | £167k | £168k |
| Profit per employee | £48.4k | £30.4k | £11.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲6.8% | ▼3.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼23.5% | ▼62.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲21.7% | ▼4.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £9.4m | £11m | £8.7m |
| Net assets | £6.4m | £7.9m | £8.8m |
| Fixed assets | £864k | £713k | £578k |
| Current assets | £84.9m | £159m | £15m |
| Debtors | £75.5m | £148m | £6.3m |
| Deferred income | £143k | £443k | £218k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 92.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £168k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £11.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 53.5%
- 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
- ▲10%
- Now £8.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▼20%
- Now £8.7m
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 70
- Deferred income
- ▼51%
- Now £218k
- Fixed assets
- ▼19%
- Now £578k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Universal Partners Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Universal Partners FX Ltdthis 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).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £828k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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