Softbank Robotics UK Ltd
Registered name: SOFTBANK ROBOTICS UK LTD
Part of Softbank Group Corp. groupSoftbank Robotics UK Ltd made £5.5m revenue and a £3.6m loss in the year to 31 Mar 2024.
Softbank Robotics UK Ltd’s revenue grew 13% to £5.5m in the year to 31 Mar 2024, with a loss of £3.6m and 23 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of other office machinery and equipment” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 7 yrs · since 2019
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £5.1m | £4.8m | £5.5m |
| Cost of sales | £3.3m | £2.9m | £2.8m |
| Gross profit | £1.9m | £1.9m | £2.6m |
| Operating profit | −£2m | −£3m | −£3.6m |
| Profit before tax | −£2m | −£3m | −£3.6m |
| Profit after tax | −£2m | −£3m | −£3.6m |
| Profit (best available) | −£2m | −£3m | −£3.6m |
| Staff costs | £2.3m | £2.6m | £3m |
| Employees (average) | 11 | 18 | 23 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −39.7% | −61.8% | −65.6% |
| Gross margin | 36.6% | 39% | 48.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £467k | £268k | £237k |
| Profit per employee | −£185k | −£166k | −£155k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼6% | ▲13% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲63.6% | ▲27.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1.4m | £1.1m | £2.6m |
| Net assets | £11.5m | £8.5m | £5m |
| Fixed assets | £232k | £204k | £4.4m |
| Current assets | £14.7m | £20.6m | £18.7m |
| Debtors | £1.7m | £3.3m | £1.8m |
| Deferred income | £1.2m | £3.8m | £2.6m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −65.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 48.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £237k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£155k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 81.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 47.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 33.1%
- 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
- ▼42%
- Now £5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲124%
- Now £2.6m
- Headcount
- ▲28%
- Now 23
- Deferred income
- ▼32%
- Now £2.6m
- Fixed assets
- ▲2069%
- Now £4.4m
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
- Softbank Group Corp. (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Softbank Robotics UK Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Smartbx Emea LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2024 (profit −£3.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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