Avolites Limited
Registered name: AVOLITES LIMITED
Avolites Limited made £9.8m revenue and a £935k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Avolites Limited’s revenue grew 11% to £9.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £935k and 55 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of electric lighting equipment”; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London
- Age
- 35 yrs · since 1991
- 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 2023 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £8.8m | £9.8m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £6m | £6.3m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £2.8m | £3.5m |
| Operating profit | — | — | −£795k | −£524k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | −£893k | −£565k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | −£220k | −£935k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | −£220k | −£935k |
| Staff costs | — | — | £2.6m | £3.2m |
| Employees (average) | 43 | 45 | 51 | 55 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | −2.5% | −9.6% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 31.4% | 35.5% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £172k | £178k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | −£4.3k | −£17k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲11.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | — | ▲7.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £363k | £722k | £407k | £126k |
| Net assets | £4.9m | £3.6m | £4.5m | £3.6m |
| Fixed assets | £3m | £3m | £1.5m | £1.6m |
| Current assets | £4.9m | £5.4m | £5.8m | £5.7m |
| Debtors | £493k | £477k | £257k | £506k |
| Deferred income | — | — | £1.1m | £507k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −9.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 35.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £178k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£17k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 16.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 5.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 5.2%
- 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
- ▼21%
- Now £3.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼69%
- Now £126k
- Headcount
- ▲8%
- Now 55
- Deferred income
- ▼53%
- Now £507k
- Fixed assets
- ▲3%
- Now £1.6m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£935k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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