Ulm Services Limited
Registered name: ULM SERVICES LIMITED
Part of Halfords Group Holding Limited groupUlm Services Limited made £1.5m revenue and £4.8k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Ulm Services Limited’s revenue grew 17% to £1.5m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £4.8k profit and 41 employees. The company is classified under “combined office administrative service activities” and is based in Glasgow; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Glasgow, Scotland
- Age
- 9 yrs · since 2017
- 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) | £874k | £1.1m | £1.3m | £1.5m |
| Cost of sales | £5.8k | £6.2k | £13.2k | £9.9k |
| Gross profit | £869k | £1.1m | £1.2m | £1.5m |
| Profit before tax | −£6.5k | £8.5k | −£3k | £0 |
| Profit after tax | −£6.1k | £4.8k | −£7.8k | £4.8k |
| Profit (best available) | −£6.1k | £4.8k | −£7.8k | £4.8k |
| Staff costs | £714k | £898k | £1m | £1.2m |
| Employees (average) | 35 | 35 | 29 | 41 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −0.7% | 0.4% | −0.6% | 0.3% |
| Gross margin | 99.3% | 99.5% | 99% | 99.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £25k | £32.3k | £43.5k | £36.2k |
| Profit per employee | −£175 | £137 | −£268 | £116 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲29.4% | ▲11.5% | ▲17.5% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼261.9% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼17.1% | ▲41.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £11.4k | £32.9k | £87.9k | £74.3k |
| Net assets | £189k | £194k | £186k | £191k |
| Fixed assets | £54k | £43.2k | £33.3k | £26k |
| Current assets | £270k | £306k | £341k | £369k |
| Debtors | £119k | £37.2k | £62.3k | £74.5k |
| Deferred income | £41.8k | £55k | £94.8k | £107k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 99.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £36.2k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £116
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 7.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 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
- ▲3%
- Now £191k
- Cash at bank
- ▼15%
- Now £74.3k
- Headcount
- ▲41%
- Now 41
- Deferred income
- ▲12%
- Now £107k
- Fixed assets
- ▼22%
- Now £26k
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
- Halfords Group Holding Limited (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Halfords Autocentres Limited75–100%
- Universal Tyre Company (Deptford) Limited(The)75–100%
- Fit4fleet Holdings Limited75–100%
- Ulm Services Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Fit4fleet LimitedRev. £14.6m · Profit −£367k
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 £4.8k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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