Avalon Sciences Limited
Registered name: AVALON SCIENCES LIMITED
Part of Hot Rocks Energy Limited groupAvalon Sciences Limited made £1.8m profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
Avalon Sciences Limited reported £1.8m profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025, up 46% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 49 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of electronic measuring, testing etc. equipment, not for industrial process control” and is based in Somerton; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Somerton, South West
- Age
- 39 yrs · since 1987
- 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: “On 29 May 2024 G V Tubridy and S Tubridy transferred their shares to Hot Rocks Energy Limited, who now own 100% of the share capital in the company.”
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
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 | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | — |
| Cost of sales | £899k | £1.5m | — | — |
| Profit after tax | £729k | −£1.1m | £1.2m | £1.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £729k | −£1.1m | £1.2m | £1.8m |
| Employees (average) | 42 | 45 | 47 | 49 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £17.4k | −£24.6k | £26.4k | £37.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Profit growth | — | ▼251.6% | — | ▲46.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7.1% | ▲4.4% | ▲4.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £567k | £117k | £1.5m | £152k |
| Net assets | — | £4.2m | £5.4m | £6.9m |
| Fixed assets | £1.9m | £1.7m | £1.6m | £1.5m |
| Current assets | £4.8m | £3.8m | £5.9m | £6.7m |
| Debtors | £443k | £448k | £996k | £657k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £37.1k
- 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
- ▲27%
- Now £6.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▼90%
- Now £152k
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 49
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼7%
- Now £1.5m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Hot Rocks Energy Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Avalon Sciences Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Neopartners 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 £1.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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