Ultra I&c Limited
Registered name: ULTRA I&C LIMITED
Part of Cobham Ultra Limited groupUltra I&c Limited made £32.5m revenue and a £718k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Ultra I&c Limited’s revenue grew 5% to £32.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £718k and 88 employees. The company is classified under “other manufacturing” and is based in Southampton; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Southampton, South East
- Age
- 4 yrs · since 2022
- 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 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £30.9m | £32.5m |
| Cost of sales | £24.9m | £26.6m |
| Gross profit | £6m | £5.9m |
| Operating profit | £361k | −£1.1m |
| Profit before tax | £388k | −£718k |
| Profit (best available) | £388k | −£718k |
| Employees (average) | 92 | 88 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 1.3% | −2.2% |
| Gross margin | 19.5% | 18.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £336k | £370k |
| Profit per employee | £4.2k | −£8.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲5.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼285.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £7m | £3.7m |
| Net assets | £4m | £3.1m |
| Debtors | — | £7.1m |
| Deferred income | £2.7m | £1.9m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −2.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 18.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £370k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£8.2k
- 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
- 5.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 21.9%
- 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
- ▼22%
- Now £3.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼47%
- Now £3.7m
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 88
- Deferred income
- ▼30%
- Now £1.9m
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Cobham Ultra Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Cobham Ultra Acquisitions Limited75–100%
- Ultra Electronics Holdings Limited75–100%
- Cobham Ultra UK Holdings Limited75–100%
- Ultra Electronics Limited75–100%
- Ultra I&c Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Ultra Sonar Systems LimitedRev. £93.9m · Profit £6.5m
- Ultra Cyber LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ultra Electronics Pension Trustee Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£718k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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