Swarco Smart Charging Ltd
Registered name: SWARCO SMART CHARGING LTD
Part of Swarco UK Holdings Limited groupSwarco Smart Charging Ltd made £24.3m revenue and a £19m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Swarco Smart Charging Ltd’s revenue grew 9% to £24.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £19m and 171 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other special-purpose machinery” and is based in Hemel Hempstead; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hemel Hempstead, South East
- Age
- 3 yrs · since 2022
- 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 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £36.9m | £22.4m | £24.3m |
| Cost of sales | £31.7m | £23.5m | £28m |
| Gross profit | £5.2m | −£1.2m | −£3.7m |
| Operating profit | −£757k | −£8.5m | −£9.2m |
| Profit before tax | −£1.7m | −£11.6m | −£22m |
| Profit after tax | −£2.2m | −£8.6m | −£19m |
| Profit (best available) | −£2.2m | −£8.6m | −£19m |
| Staff costs | £7.4m | £10.1m | £9.5m |
| Employees (average) | 156 | 187 | 171 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −5.8% | −38.5% | −78.2% |
| Gross margin | 14.1% | −5.1% | −15.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £237k | £120k | £142k |
| Profit per employee | −£13.8k | −£46k | −£111k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲8.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▼8.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £711k | £698k | £511k |
| Net assets | −£2.2m | −£10.8m | −£29.8m |
| Fixed assets | £16.9m | £66m | £59.4m |
| Current assets | £26.4m | £26.4m | £19.9m |
| Debtors | £9.1m | £10.6m | £5.4m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −78.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- −15.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £142k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£111k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 244.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 22.4%
- 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 −£29.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▼27%
- Now £511k
- Headcount
- ▼9%
- Now 171
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼10%
- Now £59.4m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Swarco UK Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Swarco UK Limited75–100%
- Swarco Smart Charging Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Apt-Skidata LimitedRev. £12.5m · Profit £1.3m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£19m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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