Unique Window Systems Ltd
Registered name: UNIQUE WINDOW SYSTEMS LTD
Unique Window Systems Ltd made £39.6m revenue and £980k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Unique Window Systems Ltd’s revenue fell 12% to £39.6m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £980k profit and 297 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of builders ware of plastic”; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- East Midlands
- Age
- 22 yrs · since 2004
- 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 | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £30.1m | £41.1m | £45.1m | £39.6m |
| Cost of sales | £24.2m | £33m | £35.6m | £30.3m |
| Gross profit | £6m | £8.1m | £9.5m | £9.3m |
| Operating profit | £558k | £1.7m | £2m | £1.7m |
| Profit before tax | £456k | £1.5m | £1.8m | £1.4m |
| Profit after tax | £261k | £1.2m | £1.3m | £980k |
| Profit (best available) | £261k | £1.2m | £1.3m | £980k |
| Staff costs | £7.2m | £8.1m | £9m | £8.7m |
| Employees (average) | 285 | 312 | 312 | 297 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.9% | 2.9% | 3% | 2.5% |
| Gross margin | 19.8% | 19.7% | 21% | 23.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £106k | £132k | £144k | £133k |
| Profit per employee | £914 | £3.8k | £4.3k | £3.3k |
| Cash conversion | −267.4% | 20.3% | −230.8% | −39.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲36.2% | ▲9.8% | ▼12.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲360.8% | ▲11.3% | ▼26.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲9.5% | 0% | ▼4.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.3m | £914k | £3.4m | £2.1m |
| Net assets | £7.8m | £9m | £10.2m | £11.1m |
| Fixed assets | £5m | £5.4m | £7.2m | £7.1m |
| Current assets | £14.4m | £14.5m | £16.1m | £15.6m |
| Debtors | £6.3m | £8.2m | £8m | £8.8m |
| Deferred income | £271k | £365k | £799k | £463k |
| Cash from operations | −£1.5m | £336k | −£4.7m | −£673k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 23.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £133k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −39.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 17.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 22.2%
- 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
- ▲9%
- Now £11.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼36%
- Now £2.1m
- Headcount
- ▼5%
- Now 297
- Deferred income
- ▼42%
- Now £463k
- Fixed assets
- ▼2%
- Now £7.1m
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 30 Apr 2025 (profit £980k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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