Service Express Emea Limited
Registered name: SERVICE EXPRESS EMEA LIMITED
Service Express Emea Limited made £64.8m revenue and a £10.5m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Service Express Emea Limited’s revenue fell 4% to £64.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £10.5m. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Bedford; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bedford
- Age
- 5 yrs · since 2021
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
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) | £69.9m | £67.8m | £64.8m |
| Cost of sales | −£26m | −£21.6m | −£20.4m |
| Gross profit | £43.9m | £46.2m | £44.4m |
| Operating profit | −£9.9m | −£6.1m | −£6m |
| Profit before tax | −£20m | −£16.3m | −£15.1m |
| Profit after tax | −£15.9m | −£10.4m | −£10.5m |
| Profit (best available) | −£15.9m | −£10.4m | −£10.5m |
| Employees (average) | 290 | 273 | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −22.7% | −15.3% | −16.2% |
| Gross margin | 62.8% | 68.1% | 68.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £241k | £248k | — |
| Profit per employee | −£54.7k | −£37.9k | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼2.9% | ▼4.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼5.9% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −16.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 68.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
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- 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
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- New Blue Chip LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£10.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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