Realtime Technical Services Ltd
Registered name: REALTIME TECHNICAL SERVICES LTD
Realtime Technical Services Ltd made £10.6m revenue and £187k profit in the year to 31 May 2025.
Realtime Technical Services Ltd’s revenue grew 46% to £10.6m in the year to 31 May 2025, with £187k profit and 0 employees. The company is classified under “other professional, scientific and technical activities” and is based in Potters Bar; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Potters Bar, East of England
- Age
- 8 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: “Realtime Civil Engineering London Limited is regarded by the directors as being the company's ultimate parent company. Copies of the accounts of the holding company, Realtime Civil Engineering London ”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £6.1m | £7.3m | £10.6m |
| Cost of sales | £6m | £7.2m | £10.4m |
| Gross profit | £69.9k | £40.6k | £258k |
| Operating profit | — | £32k | £249k |
| Profit before tax | £56.8k | £32k | £249k |
| Profit after tax | £44.6k | £25.9k | £187k |
| Profit (best available) | £44.6k | £25.9k | £187k |
| Employees (average) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 0.7% | 0.4% | 1.8% |
| Gross margin | 1.1% | 0.6% | 2.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £6.1m | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £44.6k | — | — |
| Cash conversion | — | −398.8% | 105.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲19.7% | ▲45.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼41.8% | ▲621.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼100% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £32.3k | £149k | £407k |
| Net assets | £195k | £221k | £358k |
| Current assets | £424k | £422k | £680k |
| Debtors | £138k | £0 | £274k |
| Deferred income | — | £5k | £5k |
| Cash from operations | £212k | −£128k | £264k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 2.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 105.8%
- 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
- 0.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.6%
- 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
- ▲62%
- Now £358k
- Cash at bank
- ▲173%
- Now £407k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- 0%
- Now £5k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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 May 2025 (profit £187k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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