Norbit Limited
Registered name: NORBIT LIMITED
Part of Norbit Asa groupNorbit Limited made £755k revenue and a £22.8k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Norbit Limited’s revenue fell 24% to £755k in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £22.8k and 8 employees. The company is classified under “agents involved in the sale of machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft” and is based in Inverness; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Inverness, Scotland
- Age
- 9 yrs · since 2016
- 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: “Parent 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&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £895k | £888k | £991k | £755k |
| Cost of sales | £317k | £36.7k | £132k | £19k |
| Gross profit | £578k | £851k | £859k | £736k |
| Operating profit | £53k | £165k | £179k | −£27.8k |
| Profit before tax | £53.8k | £152k | £168k | −£30.5k |
| Profit after tax | £42.3k | £115k | £127k | −£22.8k |
| Profit (best available) | £42.3k | £115k | £127k | −£22.8k |
| Staff costs | — | £489k | £393k | £475k |
| Employees (average) | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4.7% | 12.9% | 12.9% | −3% |
| Gross margin | 64.6% | 95.9% | 86.7% | 97.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £179k | £148k | £142k | £94.4k |
| Profit per employee | £8.5k | £19.1k | £18.2k | −£2.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼0.7% | ▲11.6% | ▼23.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲170.8% | ▲11.3% | ▼117.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲20% | ▲16.7% | ▲14.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £253k | £300k | £250k | £149k |
| Net assets | — | £354k | £482k | £459k |
| Fixed assets | £3.1k | £10.1k | £461k | £344k |
| Current assets | — | £965k | £355k | £250k |
| Debtors | £105k | £60.8k | £26.1k | £48.8k |
| Deferred income | £12.5k | £22.4k | £16.7k | £18.1k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 97.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £94.4k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£2.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 45.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 6.5%
- 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
- ▼5%
- Now £459k
- Cash at bank
- ▼41%
- Now £149k
- Headcount
- ▲14%
- Now 8
- Deferred income
- ▲9%
- Now £18.1k
- Fixed assets
- ▼25%
- Now £344k
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
- Norbit Asa (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Norbit Limitedthis 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 −£22.8k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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