Cello Electronics (UK) Ltd.
Registered name: CELLO ELECTRONICS (UK) LTD.
Part of Cello Eot Limited groupCello Electronics (UK) Ltd. made £17.1m revenue and £1.1m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Cello Electronics (UK) Ltd.’s revenue grew 25% to £17.1m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £1.1m profit and 8 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in South Lanarkshire; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- South Lanarkshire, Scotland
- Age
- 29 yrs · since 1996
- 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 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £17.4m | £13.6m | £13.7m | £17.1m |
| Cost of sales | £14.6m | £11m | £11.1m | £13.9m |
| Gross profit | £2.8m | £2.6m | £2.7m | £3.2m |
| Operating profit | £1.6m | £1.2m | £1.2m | £1.3m |
| Profit before tax | £1.6m | £1.2m | £1.4m | £1.4m |
| Profit after tax | £1.3m | £985k | £1.1m | £1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.3m | £985k | £1.1m | £1.1m |
| Staff costs | — | — | £0 | £277k |
| Employees (average) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 7.7% | 7.3% | 8% | 6.4% |
| Gross margin | 15.9% | 18.8% | 19.3% | 18.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £8.7m | £6.8m | £6.9m | £2.1m |
| Profit per employee | £668k | £493k | £551k | £137k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼21.9% | ▲1% | ▲25% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼26.2% | ▲11.9% | ▼0.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | ▲300% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1m | £5.7m | £3.2m | £5.3m |
| Net assets | £7m | £7.7m | £8.2m | £9.2m |
| Fixed assets | £155k | £114k | £125k | £84.2k |
| Current assets | £9m | £10.7m | £11m | £14.4m |
| Debtors | £2.2m | £2m | £2m | £2m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 18.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £2.1m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £137k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11.5%
- 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
- ▲12%
- Now £9.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲67%
- Now £5.3m
- Headcount
- ▲300%
- Now 8
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼33%
- Now £84.2k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Cello Eot Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Cello Holdings Limited75–100%
- Cello Electronics (UK) Ltd.this company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Cello Solar LtdFigures 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 2025 (profit £1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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