AI Process Systems Limited
Registered name: AI PROCESS SYSTEMS LIMITED
AI Process Systems Limited made £8.3m revenue and £752k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
AI Process Systems Limited’s revenue fell 21% to £8.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £752k profit and 19 employees. The company is classified under “engineering design activities for industrial process and production” and is based in Barrowford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Barrowford, North West
- Age
- 39 yrs · since 1987
- 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 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15.6m | £10.3m | £10.6m | £8.3m |
| Cost of sales | £13.6m | £8.6m | £8.1m | £4.8m |
| Gross profit | £2m | £1.7m | £2.5m | £3.5m |
| Operating profit | £436k | −£104k | £447k | £789k |
| Profit before tax | £456k | £65.4k | £774k | £1m |
| Profit after tax | £413k | £52.1k | £591k | £752k |
| Profit (best available) | £413k | £52.1k | £591k | £752k |
| Staff costs | £1.1m | £1.2m | £1.4m | £2.2m |
| Employees (average) | 17 | 18 | 20 | 19 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.6% | 0.5% | 5.6% | 9% |
| Gross margin | 12.6% | 16.6% | 23.5% | 41.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £918k | £571k | £531k | £439k |
| Profit per employee | £24.3k | £2.9k | £29.5k | £39.6k |
| Cash conversion | −1052% | — | 652.5% | 71.2% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼34.1% | ▲3.2% | ▼21.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼87.4% | ▲1033% | ▲27.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5.9% | ▲11.1% | ▼5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £6.9m | £8.5m | £5.7m | £4.9m |
| Net assets | £1.6m | £1.5m | £1.8m | £2.3m |
| Fixed assets | £11.9k | £15.5k | £18.4k | — |
| Current assets | £10.8m | £12.7m | £10m | £9.4m |
| Debtors | £1.3m | £2.1m | £2.1m | £2.2m |
| Deferred income | £6m | £9.7m | £6.8m | £5.5m |
| Cash from operations | −£4.6m | −£1.7m | £2.9m | £562k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 41.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £439k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £39.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 71.2%
- 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
- 66.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 26.7%
- 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
- ▲24%
- Now £2.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼15%
- Now £4.9m
- Headcount
- ▼5%
- Now 19
- Deferred income
- ▼19%
- Now £5.5m
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £752k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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