Zepf Technologies UK Limited
Registered name: ZEPF TECHNOLOGIES UK LIMITED
Part of Diageo PLC groupZepf Technologies UK Limited made £4m revenue and £1.3m profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Zepf Technologies UK Limited’s revenue grew 30% to £4m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £1.3m profit and 26 employees. The company is classified under “other engineering activities” and is based in Edinburgh; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Edinburgh
- Age
- 131 yrs · since 1894
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £3.7m | £3m | £4m |
| Cost of sales | −£2.2m | −£2.1m | −£2.3m |
| Gross profit | £1.5m | £985k | £1.6m |
| Operating profit | £1.1m | £614k | £1.3m |
| Profit before tax | £1.1m | £647k | £1.3m |
| Profit after tax | £1.1m | £612k | £1.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.1m | £612k | £1.3m |
| Employees (average) | 25 | 25 | 26 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 29.9% | 20.1% | 32.9% |
| Gross margin | 40% | 32.4% | 41.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £147k | £122k | £153k |
| Profit per employee | £44k | £24.5k | £50.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼17.4% | ▲30.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼44.4% | ▲112.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 32.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 41.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £153k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £50.1k
- 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
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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 —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 26
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Diageo PLCultimate parent75–100%
- Diageo Holdings Limited75–100%
- Grand Metropolitan Limited75–100%
- Diageo Great Britain Limited75–100%
- Diageo Scotland Limited75–100%
- Zepf Technologies UK Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (8)
- Diageo Scotland Investment LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Distillers Company (Biochemicals) Limited(The)Figures not disclosed
- James Buchanan & Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
- John Haig & Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
- John Walker and Sons LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The Lochnagar Distillery LimitedFigures not disclosed
- United Distillers France LimitedFigures not disclosed
- William Sanderson & Son, LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit £1.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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