Zirax (UK) Limited
Registered name: ZIRAX (UK) LIMITED
Zirax (UK) Limited made £2.2m revenue and £84.7k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Zirax (UK) Limited’s revenue fell 13% to £2.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £84.7k profit and 2 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of chemical products” and is based in London; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 20 yrs · since 2006
- 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 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £7.1m | £4.5m | £4.3m | £2.6m | £2.2m |
| Cost of sales | £6m | £3.5m | £3.4m | £1.8m | £1.7m |
| Gross profit | £1.1m | £959k | £890k | £751k | £541k |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £442k | £88k |
| Profit before tax | £371k | £477k | £409k | £467k | £116k |
| Profit after tax | £371k | £451k | £313k | £350k | £84.7k |
| Profit (best available) | £371k | £451k | £313k | £350k | £84.7k |
| Employees (average) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 5.2% | 10% | 7.3% | 13.7% | 3.8% |
| Gross margin | 15.9% | 21.3% | 20.8% | 29.4% | 24.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £3.6m | £2.3m | £2.1m | £1.3m | £1.1m |
| Profit per employee | £186k | £226k | £157k | £175k | £42.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼36.8% | ▼5.2% | ▼40.2% | ▼13.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲21.6% | ▼30.6% | ▲11.8% | ▼75.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £762k | £329k | £745k | £1.1m | £1m |
| Net assets | £68k | £202k | £515k | £865k | £950k |
| Fixed assets | — | — | — | £159 | £159 |
| Current assets | £2.7m | £438k | £936k | £1.3m | £993k |
| Debtors | £1.6m | £75k | £154k | £141k | −£23.9k |
| Deferred income | — | — | — | £96k | £11.4k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 24.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.1m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £42.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- −1.1%
- 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
- ▲10%
- Now £950k
- Cash at bank
- ▼8%
- Now £1m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 2
- Deferred income
- ▼88%
- Now £11.4k
- Fixed assets
- 0%
- Now £159
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 31 Dec 2025 (profit £84.7k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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