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Company No. 01531348 · Incorporated 1 Dec 1980

Active Electronics PLC

Registered name: ACTIVE ELECTRONICS PLC

Part of Active Electronics (Holdings) Limited group

Active Electronics PLC made £12.6m revenue and £439k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.

Active Electronics PLC’s revenue fell 7% to £12.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £439k profit. The company is classified under “wholesale of electronic and telecommunications equipment and parts” and is based in High Wycombe; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection G · Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehiclesSIC 46520Wholesale of electronic and telecommunications equipment and parts
Status
Active
Location
High Wycombe, South East
Age
45 yrs · since 1980
Type
Public 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 2025

Key figures

Revenue
£12.6m
Growth ▼6.7%
Profit
£439k
Growth ▼24.4%
Profit margin
3.5%
Gross 24%
Employees
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Change —
Profit / employee
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Profitable streak
3yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

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

3 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202331 Dec 202431 Dec 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£16.9m£13.6m£12.6m
Cost of sales−£13.2m−£10.1m−£9.6m
Gross profit£3.7m£3.5m£3m
Operating profit£1.1m£800k£557k
Profit before tax£1.1m£826k£576k
Profit after tax£798k£581k£439k
Profit (best available)£798k£581k£439k
Employees (average)———
Ratios
Profit margin4.7%4.3%3.5%
Gross margin21.8%25.5%24%
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▼19.6%▼6.7%
Profit growth—▼27.2%▼24.4%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Net assets———
SourceAccounts · bulk data May 2025Accounts · bulk data May 2025Accounts · bulk data May 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
3.5%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
24%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
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Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
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Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
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Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
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Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
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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
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Now —
Cash at bank
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Headcount
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Deferred income
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Fixed assets
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Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Active Electronics (Holdings) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Active Electronics PLCthis company

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

Subsidiaries (1)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £439k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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