Urschel International Limited
Registered name: URSCHEL INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Part of Urschel Laboratories Inc groupUrschel International Limited made £60.9m revenue and £2.3m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Urschel International Limited’s revenue grew 7% to £60.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £2.3m profit and 96 employees. The company is classified under “agents involved in the sale of machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft” and is based in Leicester; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Leicester, East Midlands
- Age
- 54 yrs · since 1972
- 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 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £46.8m | £56.6m | £60.9m |
| Cost of sales | −£32.1m | −£40.7m | −£43.5m |
| Gross profit | £14.6m | £15.9m | £17.4m |
| Operating profit | £3m | £2.6m | £4.4m |
| Profit before tax | £2.4m | £3.5m | £3.2m |
| Profit after tax | £1.8m | £2.5m | £2.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.8m | £2.5m | £2.3m |
| Employees (average) | 90 | 91 | 96 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 3.8% | 4.5% | 3.9% |
| Gross margin | 31.3% | 28.1% | 28.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £520k | £622k | £634k |
| Profit per employee | £19.8k | £27.8k | £24.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲21.1% | ▲7.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲42.3% | ▼7.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.1% | ▲5.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 28.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £634k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £24.4k
- 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
- ▲5%
- Now 96
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Urschel Laboratories Inc (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Urschel International 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 accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £2.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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