Rakon UK Limited
Registered name: RAKON UK LIMITED
Part of Rakon Limited groupRakon UK Limited made £1.5m revenue and £442k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Rakon UK Limited’s revenue fell 60% to £1.5m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £442k profit and 20 employees. The company is classified under “other engineering activities” and is based in Cambridge; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cambridge, East of England
- Age
- 22 yrs · since 2004
- 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £3.2m | £3.3m | £3.7m | £1.5m |
| Gross profit | £3.2m | £3.3m | £3.7m | £1.5m |
| Operating profit | £639k | £515k | £700k | £570k |
| Profit before tax | £618k | £508k | £650k | £517k |
| Profit after tax | £481k | £407k | £513k | £442k |
| Profit (best available) | £481k | £407k | £513k | £442k |
| Staff costs | £1.3m | £1.7m | £1.8m | — |
| Employees (average) | 16 | 17 | 20 | 20 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 15.1% | 12.2% | 13.7% | 29.3% |
| Gross margin | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Revenue per employee | £199k | £196k | £187k | £75.5k |
| Profit per employee | £30.1k | £23.9k | £25.6k | £22.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲4.9% | ▲12.2% | ▼59.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼15.4% | ▲26% | ▼13.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.3% | ▲17.6% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | — | £203k | £48k | £235k |
| Net assets | £7.7m | £8.1m | £8.6m | £9.1m |
| Fixed assets | — | £509k | £1.5m | £1.3m |
| Current assets | — | £8.9m | £9.1m | £12.1m |
| Debtors | £204k | £178k | £561k | £812k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 29.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 100%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £75.5k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £22.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 86.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 53.8%
- 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
- ▲5%
- Now £9.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲390%
- Now £235k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 20
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼11%
- Now £1.3m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Rakon Limited (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Rakon UK Holdings Limited75–100%
- Rakon UK 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 Mar 2025 (profit £442k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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