Univers U.K. Ltd
Registered name: UNIVERS U.K. LTD
Univers U.K. Ltd made £4.9m revenue and £461k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Univers U.K. Ltd’s revenue grew 36% to £4.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £461k profit and 12 employees. The company is classified under “business and domestic software development” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 5 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: “Univers B.V.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £3.6m | £4.9m |
| Cost of sales | £824k | £833k |
| Gross profit | £2.8m | £4.1m |
| Operating profit | −£2.4m | £437k |
| Profit before tax | −£2.4m | £461k |
| Profit after tax | −£2.4m | £461k |
| Profit (best available) | −£2.4m | £461k |
| Employees (average) | 11 | 12 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −65.1% | 9.3% |
| Gross margin | 77.3% | 83.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £329k | £411k |
| Profit per employee | −£214k | £38.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲36.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲9.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £89.3k | £410k |
| Net assets | −£3.4m | −£2.7m |
| Fixed assets | £73.9k | £22.2k |
| Current assets | £1.9m | £4m |
| Debtors | £82.3k | £128k |
| Deferred income | £676k | £591k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 9.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 83.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £411k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £38.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 12%
- 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
- —
- Now −£2.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲360%
- Now £410k
- Headcount
- ▲9%
- Now 12
- Deferred income
- ▼13%
- Now £591k
- Fixed assets
- ▼70%
- Now £22.2k
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 Dec 2024 (profit £461k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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