Urbis Schreder Ltd
Registered name: URBIS SCHREDER LTD
Urbis Schreder Ltd made £22.9m revenue and a £1.8m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024. read from filing text
Urbis Schreder Ltd’s revenue fell 25% to £22.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £1.8m and 72 employees. The company is classified under “repair of electronic and optical equipment” and is based in Basingstoke; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Basingstoke, South East
- Age
- 53 yrs · since 1973
- 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 is owned by Schreder SA (72%), a company incorporated in Belgium, and private shareholders resident in England and Wales. The directors consider Schreder SA to the the ultimate parent unde”
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £30.6m | £22.9m |
| Cost of sales | £21.6m | £15.5m |
| Gross profit | £9m | £7.4m |
| Operating profit | −£1.5m | −£2.8m |
| Profit before tax | −£1m | −£2.3m |
| Profit after tax | −£729k | −£1.8m |
| Profit (best available) | −£729k | −£1.8m |
| Staff costs | £3.8m | £3.8m |
| Employees (average) | 73 | 72 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −2.4% | −8% |
| Gross margin | 29.5% | 32.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £419k | £319k |
| Profit per employee | −£10k | −£25.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼25% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼1.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £15.5m | £13.2m |
| Net assets | £13.1m | £11.3m |
| Fixed assets | £976k | £864k |
| Current assets | £23.3m | £19.7m |
| Debtors | £2.9m | £3.2m |
| Deferred income | £640k | £796k |
| Cash from operations | £336k | £2.8m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 32.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £319k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£25.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.8%
- 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
- ▼14%
- Now £11.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼15%
- Now £13.2m
- Headcount
- ▼1%
- Now 72
- Deferred income
- ▲24%
- Now £796k
- Fixed assets
- ▼11%
- Now £864k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit −£1.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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