Unique System (UK) Limited
Registered name: UNIQUE SYSTEM (UK) LIMITED
Unique System (UK) Limited made £19m revenue and £2.5m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Unique System (UK) Limited’s revenue fell 18% to £19m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £2.5m profit and 46 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Aberdeen; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Aberdeen, Scotland
- Age
- 17 yrs · since 2009
- Type
- Private Limited Company
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 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £14.5m | £19.6m | £23.3m | £19m |
| Cost of sales | £8.2m | £10.2m | £11m | £9.4m |
| Gross profit | £6.2m | £9.4m | £12.3m | £9.6m |
| Operating profit | £3.5m | £6.6m | £7.2m | £3.9m |
| Profit before tax | £3.3m | £6.5m | £6.8m | £3.5m |
| Profit after tax | £2.6m | £5.1m | £5m | £2.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.6m | £5.1m | £5m | £2.5m |
| Staff costs | £2.1m | £2.5m | £3.3m | £4.1m |
| Employees (average) | 30 | 33 | 38 | 46 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 17.8% | 26.1% | 21.4% | 13.2% |
| Gross margin | 43.1% | 47.9% | 52.8% | 50.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £482k | £595k | £612k | £413k |
| Profit per employee | £85.8k | £155k | £131k | £54.7k |
| Cash conversion | 72.1% | 8.9% | 84.4% | 30.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲35.6% | ▲18.6% | ▼18.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲99.1% | ▼3% | ▼49.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲10% | ▲15.2% | ▲21.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.1m | £1m | £1.9m | £1.3m |
| Net assets | £7.7m | £12.8m | £17.8m | £20.3m |
| Fixed assets | £6.9m | £8.9m | £9.7m | £9.3m |
| Current assets | £14.4m | £23.8m | £33.7m | £40.5m |
| Debtors | £2.8m | £3.8m | £3.5m | £3.2m |
| Deferred income | £444k | £736k | £724k | £366k |
| Cash from operations | £2.6m | £581k | £6m | £1.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 13.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 50.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £413k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £54.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 30.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 48.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 16.7%
- 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
- ▲14%
- Now £20.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼32%
- Now £1.3m
- Headcount
- ▲21%
- Now 46
- Deferred income
- ▼50%
- Now £366k
- Fixed assets
- ▼4%
- Now £9.3m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (2)
- Subsea Innovation LimitedRev. £5m · Profit −£689k
- Gse Rentals LimitedFigures 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 Dec 2025 (profit £2.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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