Control Union (UK) Limited
Registered name: CONTROL UNION (UK) LIMITED
Control Union (UK) Limited made £4.5m revenue and £574k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Control Union (UK) Limited’s revenue grew 5% to £4.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £574k profit. The company is classified under “other professional, scientific and technical activities” and is based in Winchester; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Winchester, South East
- Age
- 53 yrs · since 1973
- Type
- Private Limited 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 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £4.8m | £4.3m | £4.5m |
| Cost of sales | −£2.4m | −£1.6m | −£1.4m |
| Gross profit | £2.4m | £2.7m | £3.2m |
| Operating profit | −£265k | £439k | £615k |
| Profit before tax | −£315k | £373k | £590k |
| Profit after tax | −£315k | £373k | £574k |
| Profit (best available) | −£315k | £373k | £574k |
| Employees (average) | 39 | 32 | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −6.6% | 8.7% | 12.7% |
| Gross margin | 49.8% | 63.3% | 70% |
| Revenue per employee | £123k | £134k | — |
| Profit per employee | −£8.1k | £11.7k | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼10.5% | ▲5.2% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲53.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼17.9% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 12.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 70%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £574k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 12 Oct 2026
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