Reach Subsea UK Ltd
Registered name: REACH SUBSEA UK LTD
Part of Reach Subsea Asa groupReach Subsea UK Ltd made £25.1m revenue and a £2.6m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Reach Subsea UK Ltd’s revenue grew 26% to £25.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £2.6m and 85 employees. The company is classified under “other professional, scientific and technical activities” and is based in Aberdeen; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Aberdeen, Scotland
- Age
- 13 yrs · since 2013
- 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: “The Company’s ultimate parent company is Reach Subsea ASA, a company registered in Norway. Copies of the consolidated financial statements, including Reach Subsea UK Ltd, can be obtained from Reach Su”
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 | Profit only | Profit only | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £19.9m | £25.1m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £18.4m | £26.9m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £1.5m | −£1.8m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £447k | −£2.5m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £442k | −£2.6m |
| Profit after tax | −£491k | −£82.9k | £442k | −£2.6m |
| Profit (best available) | −£491k | −£82.9k | £442k | −£2.6m |
| Staff costs | — | — | £4.9m | £7.2m |
| Employees (average) | 34 | 45 | 66 | 85 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 2.2% | −10.3% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 7.4% | −7.2% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £301k | £296k |
| Profit per employee | −£14.4k | −£1.8k | £6.7k | −£30.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲26.5% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼686.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲32.4% | ▲46.7% | ▲28.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £251k | £2.9m | £1.3m | £2.8m |
| Net assets | −£1.7m | −£1.8m | −£1.3m | £896k |
| Fixed assets | £7k | £31.6k | £490k | £396k |
| Current assets | £1.6m | £6.1m | £9.5m | £14.5m |
| Debtors | £470k | £1.7m | £2.2m | £6m |
| Deferred income | — | — | £291k | £1.4m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −10.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- −7.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £296k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£30.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 5.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 24%
- 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 £896k
- Cash at bank
- ▲119%
- Now £2.8m
- Headcount
- ▲29%
- Now 85
- Deferred income
- ▲397%
- Now £1.4m
- Fixed assets
- ▼19%
- Now £396k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Reach Subsea Asa (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Reach Subsea UK Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
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 −£2.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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