Aeronautical & General Instruments Limited
Registered name: AERONAUTICAL & GENERAL INSTRUMENTS LIMITED
Part of Horton Holdco Limited groupAeronautical & General Instruments Limited made £0 profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
Aeronautical & General Instruments Limited reported £0 profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 3 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of electronic measuring, testing etc. equipment, not for industrial process control” and is based in Poole; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Poole, South West
- Age
- 111 yrs · since 1915
- 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. From the filing: “The Company's immediate parent undertaking at 31 December 2022 is Aeronautical & GI Holdings Limited, a Company incorporated in England & Wales. On 29 April 2022 AGI Holdings LLC was merged with Tride”
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
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 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | — |
| Cost of sales | £6.4m | £10.9m | £0 | — |
| Profit before tax | £80k | £761k | £0 | — |
| Profit after tax | £107k | £843k | £0 | £0 |
| Profit (best available) | £107k | £843k | £0 | £0 |
| Staff costs | — | £8.8m | £0 | — |
| Employees (average) | 145 | 139 | 3 | 3 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £738 | £6.1k | £0 | £0 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Profit growth | — | ▲687.9% | ▼100% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4.1% | ▼97.8% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £730k | £1.1m | £0 | — |
| Net assets | £12.8m | £13.7m | £0 | £0 |
| Fixed assets | £778k | £845k | £0 | — |
| Current assets | — | £18.8m | £0 | — |
| Debtors | £3m | £3.1m | £0 | — |
| Deferred income | £401k | £277k | £0 | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £0
- 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 £0
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 3
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Horton Holdco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Horton Acquisitionco Limited75–100%
- Rivencore Global Solutions Limited75–100%
- Aeronautical & General Instruments Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Aish Technologies LimitedRev. £9.1m · Profit −£2.2m
- Aeronautical & Gi Holdings LimitedRev. — · Profit −£1k
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 £0), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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