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Company No. 01129495 · Incorporated 16 Aug 1973

Aerotron Limited

Registered name: AEROTRON LIMITED

Part of Aerotron Group (Holdings) Limited group

Aerotron Limited made £53.8m revenue and £17m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2022. read from filing text

Aerotron Limited’s revenue grew 64% to £53.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2022, with £17m profit and 55 employees. The company is classified under “operation of warehousing and storage facilities for air transport activities” and is based in Crawley; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.

Status
Active
Location
Crawley, South East
Age
53 yrs · since 1973
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.

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2022

Key figures

Capital-lightOperating leverageDoing more with lessCash flow filed
Revenue
£53.8m
Growth ▲63.9%
Profit
£17m
Growth ▲452.2%
Profit margin
31.5%
Gross 22.3%
Employees
55
Change ▼1.8%
Profit / employee
£308k
Revenue/employee £979k
Profitable streak
2yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

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

2 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202131 Dec 2022
DisclosureFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£32.9m£53.8m
Cost of sales£27.8m£41.8m
Gross profit£5.1m£12m
Operating profit£2.4m£15.5m
Profit before tax£3.3m£17.7m
Profit after tax£3.1m£17m
Profit (best available)£3.1m£17m
Staff costs£4.1m£4.7m
Employees (average)5655
Ratios
Profit margin9.3%31.5%
Gross margin15.4%22.3%
Revenue per employee£587k£979k
Profit per employee£54.8k£308k
Cash conversion−365.6%−118.2%
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲63.9%
Profit growth—▲452.2%
Headcount growth—▼1.8%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£51.1m£70.4m
Net assets£64.1m£79.1m
Fixed assets£5.6m£5.3m
Current assets£83.5m£105m
Debtors£4.4m£7.5m
Deferred income£11.7m£17.6m
Cash from operations−£8.6m−£18.4m
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
31.5%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
22.3%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£979k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£308k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
−118.2%
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
9.8%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
32.7%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
13.9%
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
▲23%
Now £79.1m
Cash at bank
▲38%
Now £70.4m
Headcount
▼2%
Now 55
Deferred income
▲51%
Now £17.6m
Fixed assets
▼5%
Now £5.3m

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

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Aerotron Group (Holdings) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Aerotron Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Subsidiaries (1)

Sister companies (3)

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 2022 (profit £17m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2023. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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