NSSC Operations Limited
Registered name: NSSC OPERATIONS LIMITED
Part of National Space Centre groupNSSC Operations Limited made £4.2m revenue and £370k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
NSSC Operations Limited’s revenue fell 20% to £4.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £370k profit and 50 employees. The company is classified under “other retail sale in non-specialised stores” and is based in Leicestershire; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Leicestershire, East Midlands
- Age
- 25 yrs · since 2001
- 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) | £5.1m | £5.2m | £4.2m |
| Cost of sales | — | −£9.7m | −£3.8m |
| Operating profit | £38.9k | £20.7k | £395k |
| Profit before tax | £16.7k | £15.5k | £370k |
| Profit after tax | £16.7k | £15.5k | £370k |
| Profit (best available) | £16.7k | £15.5k | £370k |
| Employees (average) | 190 | 193 | 50 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 0.3% | 0.3% | 8.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £26.9k | £27.1k | £83.7k |
| Profit per employee | £88 | £80 | £7.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲2.5% | ▼20% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼7.5% | ▲2294% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.6% | ▼74.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £83.7k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.4k
- 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
- ▼74%
- Now 50
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- National Space Centreultimate parent75–100%
- NSSC Operations Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- NSSC Property LimitedFigures not disclosed
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 £370k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 12 Oct 2026
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