Adam Architecture Limited
Registered name: ADAM ARCHITECTURE LIMITED
Adam Architecture Limited made £14.8m revenue and £1.5m profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Adam Architecture Limited’s revenue grew 16% to £14.8m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £1.5m profit and 145 employees. The company is classified under “architectural activities” and is based in Winchester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Winchester, South East
- Age
- 40 yrs · since 1986
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £12.7m | £14.8m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £7.2m | £9.3m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £5.5m | £5.5m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £2.2m | £1.9m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £2.2m | £2m |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £1.6m | £1.5m |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £1.6m | £1.5m |
| Staff costs | — | — | £7.3m | £9.5m |
| Employees (average) | 97 | 103 | 123 | 145 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 12.9% | 10.2% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 43.3% | 36.9% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £104k | £102k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £13.3k | £10.4k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | −105.9% | −80.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲16.1% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼8.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.2% | ▲19.4% | ▲17.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.2m | £773k | £2m | £1.6m |
| Net assets | £1.3m | £1.3m | £2.1m | £2.7m |
| Fixed assets | £318k | £301k | £367k | £349k |
| Current assets | £2.9m | £2.9m | £4.7m | £5m |
| Debtors | £1.2m | £1.6m | £2m | £2.2m |
| Deferred income | — | — | £798k | £877k |
| Cash from operations | — | — | −£2.3m | −£1.5m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 10.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 36.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £102k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £10.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −80.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 5.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.7%
- 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
- ▲27%
- Now £2.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼18%
- Now £1.6m
- Headcount
- ▲18%
- Now 145
- Deferred income
- ▲10%
- Now £877k
- Fixed assets
- ▼5%
- Now £349k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (2)
- Adam Architecture (International) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Place Logic 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 30 Apr 2025 (profit £1.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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