Irobot UK Ltd.
Registered name: IROBOT UK LTD.
Irobot UK Ltd. made £200m revenue and a £128m loss in the year to 28 Dec 2024.
Irobot UK Ltd.’s revenue fell 18% to £200m in the year to 28 Dec 2024, with a loss of £128m and 58 employees. The company is classified under “other professional, scientific and technical activities” 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
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: “iRobot Corporation”
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 | 28 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £238m | £245m | £200m |
| Cost of sales | £163m | £159m | £126m |
| Gross profit | £74.7m | £85.2m | £74.4m |
| Operating profit | −£14.7m | −£24.2m | −£24.7m |
| Profit before tax | £16.4m | −£60.9m | −£126m |
| Profit after tax | £20.3m | −£60.9m | −£128m |
| Profit (best available) | £20.3m | −£60.9m | −£128m |
| Staff costs | £11.3m | £7.4m | £7.4m |
| Employees (average) | 77 | 69 | 58 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 8.5% | −24.9% | −63.8% |
| Gross margin | 31.4% | 34.8% | 37.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £3.1m | £3.5m | £3.5m |
| Profit per employee | £263k | −£882k | −£2.2m |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲3% | ▼18.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼400.4% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼10.4% | ▼15.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £17.7m | £13.2m | £10.8m |
| Net assets | £148m | £87.6m | −£39.4m |
| Fixed assets | £244m | £168m | £67.6m |
| Current assets | £106m | £80.4m | £56.3m |
| Debtors | £7.9m | £10.7m | £6.9m |
| Deferred income | £12.3m | £18.4m | £11.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −63.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 37.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £3.5m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£2.2m
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 33.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 5.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3.5%
- 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
- ▼145%
- Now −£39.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼18%
- Now £10.8m
- Headcount
- ▼16%
- Now 58
- Deferred income
- ▼39%
- Now £11.3m
- Fixed assets
- ▼60%
- Now £67.6m
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 28 Dec 2024 (profit −£128m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 12 Oct 2026
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