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Company No. 00163690 · Incorporated 4 Feb 1920

Aei Compounds Limited

Registered name: AEI COMPOUNDS LIMITED

Aei Compounds Limited made £13.7m revenue and £61k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.

Aei Compounds Limited’s revenue grew 26% to £13.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £61k profit and 42 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of plastics in primary forms” and is based in Sandwich; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection C · ManufacturingSIC 20160Manufacture of plastics in primary forms
Status
Active
Location
Sandwich, South East
Age
106 yrs · since 1920
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: “Saco AEI Polymers Inc.”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2025

Key figures

Capital-lightDoing more with lessCash flow filed
Revenue
£13.7m
Growth ▲25.9%
Profit
£61k
Growth —
Profit margin
0.4%
Gross 10%
Employees
42
Change ▼4.5%
Profit / employee
£1.5k
Revenue/employee £327k
Profitable streak
1yr
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202131 Dec 202231 Dec 202431 Dec 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£11.9m£18.7m£10.9m£13.7m
Cost of sales£11.9m£16.8m£10.5m£12.4m
Gross profit−£22k£2m£444k£1.4m
Operating profit−£1.1m−£341k−£1.3m£61k
Profit before tax−£1.4m−£905k−£1.8m£61k
Profit after tax−£1.4m−£905k−£1.8m£61k
Profit (best available)−£1.4m−£905k−£1.8m£61k
Staff costs£1.9m£1.9m£2.3m£2.1m
Employees (average)45534442
Ratios
Profit margin−11.7%−4.8%−16.8%0.4%
Gross margin−0.2%10.5%4.1%10%
Revenue per employee£264k£353k£248k£327k
Profit per employee−£30.9k−£17.1k−£41.6k£1.5k
Cash conversion———763.9%
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲57.8%—▲25.9%
Headcount growth—▲17.8%—▼4.5%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£451k£723k£623k£748k
Net assets−£362k−£1.3m£5.1m£5.2m
Fixed assets£716k£642k£625k£779k
Current assets£6.2m£9.1m£5.5m£5.3m
Debtors£2.8m£3.1m£1.4m£1.3m
Deferred income£661k£448k£204k£276k
Cash from operations£382k£384k−£1.1m£466k
SourceAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
0.4%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
10%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£327k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£1.5k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
763.9%
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
5.7%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
2%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
9.4%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▲1%
Now £5.2m
Cash at bank
▲20%
Now £748k
Headcount
▼5%
Now 42
Deferred income
▲35%
Now £276k
Fixed assets
▲25%
Now £779k

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

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Sources

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £61k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026

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