Skylark UK Topco Limited
Registered name: SKYLARK UK TOPCO LIMITED
Skylark UK Topco Limited made £207m revenue and a £40.8m loss in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Skylark UK Topco Limited’s revenue grew 15% to £207m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with a loss of £40.8m and 1,497 employees. The company is classified under “activities of financial services holding companies” and is based in Hungerford; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hungerford, South East
- Age
- 3 yrs · since 2023
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £180m | £207m |
| Cost of sales | −£24.4m | −£29.2m |
| Gross profit | £155m | £178m |
| Operating profit | −£8.9m | −£1m |
| Profit before tax | −£49m | −£44.9m |
| Profit after tax | −£48.6m | −£40.8m |
| Profit (best available) | −£48.6m | −£40.8m |
| Employees (average) | 1,254 | 1,497 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −27.1% | −19.7% |
| Gross margin | 86.4% | 85.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £143k | £138k |
| Profit per employee | −£38.8k | −£27.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲15.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲19.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −19.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 85.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £138k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£27.2k
- 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
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- ▲19%
- Now 1,497
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Skylark UK Holdco 1 LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit −£40.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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