Advante Limited
Registered name: ADVANTE LIMITED
Part of Algeco Holdings B.V. groupAdvante Limited made £16.3m revenue and £5m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Advante Limited’s revenue fell 4% to £16.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £5m profit and 64 employees. The company is classified under “renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods” and is based in Basildon; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Basildon, East of England
- Age
- 66 yrs · since 1960
- 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 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £13.4m | £15.5m | £16.9m | £16.3m |
| Cost of sales | £7.4m | £8.4m | £8.6m | £8.7m |
| Gross profit | £5.9m | £7.2m | £8.3m | £7.5m |
| Operating profit | £3m | £3.7m | £4.7m | £4m |
| Profit before tax | £3.2m | £4.1m | £5.5m | £5m |
| Profit after tax | £3.1m | £4.1m | £5.5m | £5m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.1m | £4.1m | £5.5m | £5m |
| Staff costs | £3m | £3.6m | £3.9m | £3.6m |
| Employees (average) | 58 | 63 | 65 | 64 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 22.9% | 26.1% | 32.4% | 30.9% |
| Gross margin | 44.4% | 46.1% | 49% | 46.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £231k | £247k | £260k | £254k |
| Profit per employee | £52.9k | £64.4k | £84.1k | £78.4k |
| Cash conversion | −153.7% | −12.3% | −4.3% | 14.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲16.2% | ▲8.7% | ▼3.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲32.3% | ▲34.8% | ▼8.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲8.6% | ▲3.2% | ▼1.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.2m | £736k | £525k | £824k |
| Net assets | £14.1m | £18.1m | £23.6m | £28.6m |
| Fixed assets | £9m | £8.4m | £7.6m | £5.8m |
| Current assets | £8.2m | £12.7m | £18.9m | £25.2m |
| Debtors | £2m | £2.2m | £2.4m | £2.1m |
| Cash from operations | −£4.6m | −£460k | −£204k | £598k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 30.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 46.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £254k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £78.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 14.9%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 35.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13%
- 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
- ▲21%
- Now £28.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲57%
- Now £824k
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 64
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼24%
- Now £5.8m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Algeco Holdings B.V. (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Algeco UK Holdings Limited75–100%
- Advante Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Algeco Storage Holdings LimitedRev. £40.9k · Profit £40.9k
- Procomm Site Services (Holdings) LimitedRev. £0 · Profit −£5.8m
- Algeco UK 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 2025 (profit £5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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