Star Micronics GB Limited
Registered name: STAR MICRONICS GB LIMITED
Part of Star Micronics Co Limited groupStar Micronics GB Limited made £15.7m revenue and £651k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Star Micronics GB Limited’s revenue fell 8% to £15.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £651k profit and 30 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of machine tools” and is based in Derby; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Derby, East Midlands
- Age
- 34 yrs · since 1991
- 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 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £20.3m | £26m | £17m | £15.7m |
| Cost of sales | £15m | £19.8m | £12m | £11.1m |
| Gross profit | £5.2m | £6.1m | £5m | £4.6m |
| Operating profit | £1.4m | £1.7m | £1.2m | £907k |
| Profit before tax | £1.4m | £1.7m | £1.2m | £907k |
| Profit after tax | £1.2m | £1.3m | £903k | £651k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.2m | £1.3m | £903k | £651k |
| Staff costs | £2.5m | £3m | £2.4m | £2.4m |
| Employees (average) | 31 | 31 | 30 | 30 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.7% | 5% | 5.3% | 4.1% |
| Gross margin | 25.8% | 23.6% | 29.3% | 29.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £654k | £838k | £568k | £524k |
| Profit per employee | £37.1k | £41.7k | £30.1k | £21.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲28.2% | ▼34.4% | ▼7.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲12.3% | ▼30.1% | ▼27.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼3.2% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3.3m | £2m | £1.9m | £4.3m |
| Net assets | £2.9m | £3.3m | £4.2m | £4.9m |
| Fixed assets | £492k | £440k | £332k | £232k |
| Current assets | £8.1m | £6.8m | £7.3m | £8.8m |
| Debtors | £1.5m | £2.2m | £3.3m | £2.9m |
| Deferred income | £434k | £658k | £324k | £454k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 29.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £524k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £21.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 18.6%
- 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
- ▲15%
- Now £4.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲127%
- Now £4.3m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 30
- Deferred income
- ▲40%
- Now £454k
- Fixed assets
- ▼30%
- Now £232k
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
- Star Micronics Co Limited (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Star Micronics GB 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 £651k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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