The Official UK Charts Company Limited
Registered name: THE OFFICIAL UK CHARTS COMPANY LIMITED
The Official UK Charts Company Limited made £6m revenue and £8.1k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
The Official UK Charts Company Limited’s revenue grew 4% to £6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £8.1k profit and 14 employees. The company is classified under “other information service activities” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 28 yrs · since 1998
- 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) | £6m | £5.8m | £6m |
| Cost of sales | −£3.6m | −£3.7m | −£3.8m |
| Gross profit | £2.4m | £2.1m | £2.2m |
| Operating profit | £18.3k | −£274k | £962 |
| Profit before tax | £26.6k | −£264k | £8.1k |
| Profit after tax | £26.8k | −£264k | — |
| Profit (best available) | £26.8k | −£264k | £8.1k |
| Employees (average) | 14 | 15 | 14 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 0.4% | −4.6% | 0.1% |
| Gross margin | 39.7% | 35.9% | 36% |
| Revenue per employee | £427k | £384k | £429k |
| Profit per employee | £1.9k | −£17.6k | £582 |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼3.7% | ▲4.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼1087% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7.1% | ▼6.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 36%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £429k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £582
- 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
- ▼7%
- Now 14
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Minority corporate shareholders
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 £8.1k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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