Aetna (UK) Limited
Registered name: AETNA (UK) LIMITED
Part of Aetna Group Spa groupAetna (UK) Limited made £15.4m revenue and £374k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Aetna (UK) Limited’s revenue fell 3% to £15.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £374k profit and 55 employees. The company is classified under “installation of industrial machinery and equipment” and is based in Oakley; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Oakley, South East
- Age
- 36 yrs · since 1990
- 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.
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) | £14.5m | £16.2m | £15.9m | £15.4m |
| Cost of sales | £9.5m | £10.4m | £9.9m | £9.6m |
| Gross profit | £5.1m | £5.8m | £6m | £5.8m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £976k | £429k |
| Profit before tax | £769k | £1.1m | £988k | £433k |
| Profit after tax | £620k | £859k | £714k | £374k |
| Profit (best available) | £620k | £859k | £714k | £374k |
| Staff costs | £2.6m | £2.7m | £3m | £3.1m |
| Employees (average) | 48 | 46 | 50 | 55 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4.3% | 5.3% | 4.5% | 2.4% |
| Gross margin | 34.8% | 35.7% | 37.9% | 37.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £303k | £353k | £319k | £280k |
| Profit per employee | £12.9k | £18.7k | £14.3k | £6.8k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | 147% | −218.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲11.7% | ▼1.8% | ▼3.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲38.6% | ▼16.9% | ▼47.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4.2% | ▲8.7% | ▲10% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1m | £1.4m | £2.1m | £2.4m |
| Net assets | £1.7m | £2m | £2m | £1.8m |
| Fixed assets | £366k | £372k | £55.9k | £26.8k |
| Current assets | £6.8m | £5.5m | £6.1m | £7.7m |
| Debtors | £3.9m | £3.1m | £3m | £3.9m |
| Deferred income | — | — | £1.1m | £2.4m |
| Cash from operations | £1.6m | £1.1m | £1.4m | −£937k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 37.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £280k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −218.7%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 15.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 25.3%
- 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
- ▼6%
- Now £1.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲13%
- Now £2.4m
- Headcount
- ▲10%
- Now 55
- Deferred income
- ▲125%
- Now £2.4m
- Fixed assets
- ▼52%
- Now £26.8k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Aetna Group Spa (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Aetna (UK) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
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 2025 (profit £374k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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