Unikey Electronics Limited
Registered name: UNIKEY ELECTRONICS LIMITED
Unikey Electronics Limited made £2.7m revenue and a £35.1k loss in the year to 31 Aug 2025. read from filing text
Unikey Electronics Limited’s revenue fell 53% to £2.7m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with a loss of £35.1k and 1 employee. The company is classified under “other service activities” and is based in Romford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Romford, London
- Age
- 7 yrs · since 2019
- 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”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £7.5m | £5.9m | £5.8m | £2.7m |
| Cost of sales | £7.3m | £5.8m | £5.7m | £2.7m |
| Gross profit | £190k | £126k | £58.3k | £29.5k |
| Profit before tax | £213k | −£10.3k | −£15.6k | −£35.1k |
| Profit after tax | £173k | £8.3k | −£15.6k | −£35.1k |
| Profit (best available) | £173k | £8.3k | −£15.6k | −£35.1k |
| Employees (average) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.3% | 0.1% | −0.3% | −1.3% |
| Gross margin | 2.5% | 2.1% | 1% | 1.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £2.5m | £5.9m | £5.8m | £2.7m |
| Profit per employee | £57.6k | £8.3k | −£15.6k | −£35.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼21.4% | ▼1.6% | ▼53.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼95.2% | ▼288.3% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼66.7% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £120k | £63.8k | £116k | £60.7k |
| Net assets | £373k | £364k | £349k | £314k |
| Current assets | £824k | £629k | £516k | £397k |
| Debtors | £704k | £565k | £400k | £336k |
| Deferred income | £102k | £23.6k | £20.6k | £22.1k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −1.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 1.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £2.7m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£35.1k
- 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
- 0.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 12.3%
- 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 £314k
- Cash at bank
- ▼48%
- Now £60.7k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 1
- Deferred income
- ▲7%
- Now £22.1k
- 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 Aug 2025 (profit −£35.1k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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