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Company No. 01969231 · Incorporated 5 Dec 1985

Ap Filtration Limited

Registered name: AP FILTRATION LIMITED

Part of Bleriot Finco Holdings Limited group

Ap Filtration Limited made £4.1m revenue and £1.1m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.

Ap Filtration Limited’s revenue grew 31% to £4.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £1.1m profit and 27 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of air and spacecraft and related machinery” and is based in Cheltenham; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.

Status
Active
Location
Cheltenham, South West
Age
40 yrs · since 1985
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 2024

Key figures

Capital-lightOperating leverage
Revenue
£4.1m
Growth ▲31.2%
Profit
£1.1m
Growth ▲41.9%
Profit margin
26.8%
Gross 52.4%
Employees
27
Change ▲12.5%
Profit / employee
£41k
Revenue/employee £153k
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 202331 Dec 2024
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£3.1m£4.1m
Cost of sales£1.4m£2m
Gross profit£1.8m£2.2m
Operating profit£858k£1.1m
Profit before tax£858k£1.1m
Profit after tax£779k£1.1m
Profit (best available)£779k£1.1m
Employees (average)2427
Ratios
Profit margin24.8%26.8%
Gross margin55.8%52.4%
Revenue per employee£131k£153k
Profit per employee£32.5k£41k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲31.2%
Profit growth—▲41.9%
Headcount growth—▲12.5%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£789k£1.3m
Net assets£804k£1.9m
Fixed assets£432k£380k
Current assets£2.5m£3.6m
Debtors£446k£642k
Deferred income£15.2k£155k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
26.8%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
52.4%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£153k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£41k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
9.2%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
3.8%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
15.6%
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
▲137%
Now £1.9m
Cash at bank
▲69%
Now £1.3m
Headcount
▲13%
Now 27
Deferred income
▲920%
Now £155k
Fixed assets
▼12%
Now £380k

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. Bleriot Finco Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Bleriot Finco Limited75–100%
  3. Bleriot Midco Limited75–100%
  4. Bleriot Bidco Limited75–100%
  5. Ontic Engineering & Manufacturing UK Limited75–100%
  6. Ap Filtration Limitedthis company

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

Sister companies (1)

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 2024 (profit £1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026

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