Aco Technologies PLC
Registered name: ACO TECHNOLOGIES PLC
Aco Technologies PLC made £87.8m revenue and £7.4m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Aco Technologies PLC’s revenue grew 2% to £87.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £7.4m profit and 286 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other articles of concrete, plaster and cement” and is based in Shefford; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Shefford, East of England
- Age
- 42 yrs · since 1984
- Type
- Public Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £84.3m | £85.8m | £87.8m |
| Cost of sales | −£52.9m | −£53.3m | −£54m |
| Gross profit | £31.4m | £32.5m | £33.7m |
| Operating profit | £9m | £9.5m | £9.9m |
| Profit before tax | £9.1m | £9.7m | £10.1m |
| Profit after tax | £7.1m | £7m | £7.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £7.1m | £7m | £7.4m |
| Employees (average) | 288 | 285 | 286 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 8.5% | 8.2% | 8.5% |
| Gross margin | 37.2% | 37.9% | 38.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £293k | £301k | £307k |
| Profit per employee | £24.8k | £24.6k | £25.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲1.8% | ▲2.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼1.5% | ▲5.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼1% | ▲0.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 38.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £307k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £25.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲0%
- Now 286
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (5)
- Aco Drain LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Aco International LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Aco LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Aco Wildlife LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Polyline Drainage Systems LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £7.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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