Precision Optical Transceivers UK Limited
Registered name: PRECISION OPTICAL TRANSCEIVERS UK LIMITED
Precision Optical Transceivers UK Limited made £4m revenue and a £1.1m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Precision Optical Transceivers UK Limited’s revenue grew 65% to £4m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £1.1m and 12 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of electronic components” and is based in Swindon; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Swindon, South West
- Age
- 6 yrs · since 2020
- 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: “Precision Optical Technologies, Inc.,”
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 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £2.4m | £4m |
| Cost of sales | — | £1.8m | £2.8m |
| Gross profit | — | £649k | £1.2m |
| Operating profit | — | −£1.1m | −£898k |
| Profit before tax | — | −£1.3m | −£1.1m |
| Profit after tax | — | −£1.3m | −£1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | — | −£1.3m | −£1.1m |
| Employees (average) | 7 | 12 | 12 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | −51.6% | −26.7% |
| Gross margin | — | 26.7% | 30.9% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £203k | £335k |
| Profit per employee | — | −£104k | −£89.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲65.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲71.4% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £350k | £86.5k | £482k |
| Net assets | −£2m | −£3.3m | −£4m |
| Fixed assets | £204k | £185k | £164k |
| Current assets | £1.6m | £1.5m | £1.7m |
| Debtors | £138k | £364k | £561k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2024 | Accounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −26.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 30.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £335k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£89.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14%
- 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
- —
- Now −£4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲458%
- Now £482k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 12
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼11%
- Now £164k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit −£1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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