Ato Holdings Limited
Registered name: ATO HOLDINGS LIMITED
Ato Holdings Limited made £82.1m revenue and £11.7k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025. read from filing text
Ato Holdings Limited’s revenue fell 5% to £82.1m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £11.7k profit and 193 employees. The company is classified under “growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds” and is based in Luton; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Luton, East of England
- Age
- 74 yrs · since 1951
- 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 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £58.6m | £88.5m | £86.6m | £82.1m |
| Cost of sales | £53.3m | £81.5m | £80.3m | £76.9m |
| Gross profit | £5.2m | £7.1m | £6.3m | £5.2m |
| Operating profit | £1.8m | £2.4m | £1.5m | £229k |
| Profit before tax | £1.7m | £2.3m | £1.4m | £67.7k |
| Profit after tax | £1.3m | £1.8m | £1m | £11.7k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.3m | £1.8m | £1m | £11.7k |
| Employees (average) | 146 | 178 | 184 | 193 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.2% | 2% | 1.2% | 0% |
| Gross margin | 8.9% | 8% | 7.3% | 6.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £401k | £497k | £471k | £425k |
| Profit per employee | £8.7k | £9.9k | £5.6k | £61 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲51.1% | ▼2.2% | ▼5.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲39% | ▼41.7% | ▼98.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲21.9% | ▲3.4% | ▲4.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2m | £945k | £1.6m | £2.8m |
| Net assets | £4m | £4.3m | £4.8m | £4.7m |
| Fixed assets | £1.9m | £2.7m | £2.7m | £2.7m |
| Current assets | £3.5m | £3.5m | £4.1m | £3.6m |
| Debtors | £141k | £97.4k | £90.7k | £0 |
| Deferred income | £165k | £464k | £336k | £72.3k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 6.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £425k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £61
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- ▼1%
- Now £4.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲70%
- Now £2.8m
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 193
- Deferred income
- ▼78%
- Now £72.3k
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £2.7m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (5)
- Oliver Landpower LimitedRev. £47.6m · Profit £270k
- Oliver Agriculture LimitedRev. £34.6m · Profit −£298k
- A.t. Oliver & Sons LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Oliver Ag 2010 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Oliver LP 2010 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 30 Sep 2025 (profit £11.7k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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