Quin Global (UK) Ltd.
Registered name: QUIN GLOBAL (UK) LTD.
Part of Vola Group Ltd groupQuin Global (UK) Ltd. made £19.3m revenue and £1.9m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Quin Global (UK) Ltd.’s revenue fell 3% to £19.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £1.9m profit and 64 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other chemical products” and is based in Perth; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Perth, Scotland
- Age
- 14 yrs · since 2012
- 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 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £19.8m | £19.9m | £19.3m |
| Cost of sales | £14.1m | £13.7m | £13m |
| Gross profit | £5.7m | £6.3m | £6.3m |
| Operating profit | £815k | £247k | £2.2m |
| Profit before tax | £789k | £229k | £2.3m |
| Profit after tax | £711k | £264k | £1.9m |
| Profit (best available) | £711k | £264k | £1.9m |
| Staff costs | £3.1m | £4.1m | £3.5m |
| Employees (average) | 59 | 67 | 64 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 3.6% | 1.3% | 9.8% |
| Gross margin | 28.8% | 31.4% | 32.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £336k | £298k | £301k |
| Profit per employee | £12.1k | £3.9k | £29.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲0.6% | ▼3.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼62.9% | ▲617.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲13.6% | ▼4.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £289k | £178k | £306k |
| Net assets | £1.9m | £1.8m | £2m |
| Fixed assets | £1.2m | £1.2m | £959k |
| Current assets | £5.1m | £4.6m | £5.4m |
| Debtors | £1.9m | £1.7m | £1.9m |
| Deferred income | £165k | £344k | £284k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 9.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 32.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £301k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £29.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 9.7%
- 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
- ▲12%
- Now £2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲72%
- Now £306k
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 64
- Deferred income
- ▼17%
- Now £284k
- Fixed assets
- ▼17%
- Now £959k
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
- Vola Group Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Quin Global (UK) Ltd.this company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Vola Group France 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 2024 (profit £1.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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