A.c. Entertainment Technologies Limited
Registered name: A.C. ENTERTAINMENT TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
Part of A.c. Worldwide Group Limited groupA.c. Entertainment Technologies Limited made £29.9m revenue and a £83.7k loss in the year to 31 Jan 2025. read from filing text
A.c. Entertainment Technologies Limited’s revenue fell 24% to £29.9m in the year to 31 Jan 2025, with a loss of £83.7k and 121 employees. The company is classified under “non-specialised wholesale trade” and is based in High Wycombe; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- High Wycombe, South East
- Age
- 44 yrs · since 1982
- 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: “The parent company and largest and smallest group in which A.C. Entertainment Technologies Limited is consolidated is A.C. Worldwide Group Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales. The reg”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jan 2022 | 31 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 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) | £42.3m | £53.6m | £39.5m | £29.9m |
| Cost of sales | £29.3m | £35.9m | £26.1m | £21.4m |
| Gross profit | £13m | £17.7m | £13.4m | £8.5m |
| Operating profit | £5.3m | £7.1m | £4.7m | −£182k |
| Profit before tax | £5.3m | £7.1m | £4.8m | −£35.9k |
| Profit after tax | £4.3m | £5.7m | £3.7m | −£83.7k |
| Profit (best available) | £4.3m | £5.7m | £3.7m | −£83.7k |
| Staff costs | £6.5m | £8.2m | £7.5m | £7.2m |
| Employees (average) | 112 | 134 | 130 | 121 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 10.2% | 10.7% | 9.3% | −0.3% |
| Gross margin | 30.8% | 33% | 33.9% | 28.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £378k | £400k | £304k | £247k |
| Profit per employee | £38.4k | £42.8k | £28.1k | −£691 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲26.6% | ▼26.2% | ▼24.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲33.5% | ▼36.2% | ▼102.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲19.6% | ▼3% | ▼6.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £4.5m | £4.1m | £273k | £1.1m |
| Net assets | £11.8m | £14.9m | £17.6m | £16.6m |
| Fixed assets | £2m | £1.7m | £1.6m | £1.6m |
| Current assets | £18m | £20.7m | £21.3m | £20.5m |
| Debtors | £5.3m | £6.6m | £7m | £6.1m |
| Deferred income | £2.2m | £2.9m | £1.6m | £2.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 28.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £247k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£691
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 7.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 20.4%
- 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
- ▼5%
- Now £16.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲319%
- Now £1.1m
- Headcount
- ▼7%
- Now 121
- Deferred income
- ▲38%
- Now £2.2m
- Fixed assets
- ▲4%
- Now £1.6m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- A.c. Worldwide Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- A.c. Entertainment Technologies Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (14)
- Lca Lights Camera Action LimitedRev. £9.8m · Profit £821k
- A.c. Lighting (Overseas) LimitedRev. £0 · Profit £474k
- A. C. Rigging LimitedFigures not disclosed
- A. C. Video LimitedFigures not disclosed
- A.c. Audio LimitedFigures not disclosed
- A.c. Lighting (Holdings) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- A.c. Lighting LimitedFigures not disclosed
- A.c. Special Projects LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ac Cables LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Chromaq International LtdFigures not disclosed
- Flashlight LimitedFigures not disclosed
- In-Motion LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Primarc (Marketing) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Pro Uv Lamps 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 Jan 2025 (profit −£83.7k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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