Sparks (Holdings) Limited
Registered name: SPARKS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
Sparks (Holdings) Limited made £10.4m revenue and £25.9k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Sparks (Holdings) Limited’s revenue fell 31% to £10.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £25.9k profit and 77 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in Aberdeen; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Aberdeen, Scotland
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2014
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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) | £11.2m | £15.1m | £10.4m |
| Cost of sales | £9m | £12.3m | £8m |
| Gross profit | £2.2m | £2.8m | £2.4m |
| Operating profit | −£204k | £213k | £39k |
| Profit before tax | −£222k | £207k | £39k |
| Profit after tax | −£219k | £128k | £25.9k |
| Profit (best available) | −£219k | £128k | £25.9k |
| Employees (average) | 87 | 82 | 77 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −1.9% | 0.9% | 0.3% |
| Gross margin | 19.8% | 18.5% | 23.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £129k | £184k | £135k |
| Profit per employee | −£2.5k | £1.6k | £337 |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲34.1% | ▼31% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼79.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼5.8% | ▼6.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 23.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £135k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £337
- 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
- ▼6%
- Now 77
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Spark's Mechanical Services LimitedRev. £10.4m · Profit £41.3k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £25.9k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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