Affinia Limited
Registered name: AFFINIA LIMITED
Affinia Limited made £9m revenue and £755k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2024.
Affinia Limited’s revenue fell 28% to £9m in the year to 31 Aug 2024, with £755k profit. The company is classified under “accounting and auditing activities” and is based in Colchester; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Colchester, East of England
- Age
- 33 yrs · since 1993
- 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 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10.5m | £12.5m | £9m |
| Cost of sales | £5.1m | £6.3m | −£5.2m |
| Gross profit | £5.4m | £6.2m | £3.9m |
| Operating profit | £1.8m | £1.6m | £1.2m |
| Profit before tax | £1.9m | £924k | £1.1m |
| Profit after tax | £1.5m | £539k | £755k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.5m | £539k | £755k |
| Staff costs | £5.1m | £4m | — |
| Employees (average) | 135 | 97 | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 14.5% | 4.3% | 8.3% |
| Gross margin | 51.1% | 49.5% | 42.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £77.8k | £129k | — |
| Profit per employee | £11.3k | £5.6k | — |
| Cash conversion | −168.6% | −196.3% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲19.3% | ▼27.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼64.6% | ▲40% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼28.1% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £207k | £1.6m | — |
| Net assets | £4.7m | £5.2m | — |
| Fixed assets | £837k | £779k | — |
| Current assets | £6.5m | £11.2m | — |
| Debtors | £2.2m | £3m | — |
| Deferred income | £112k | £345k | — |
| Cash from operations | −£3.1m | −£3.2m | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 42.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- WP Audit LimitedFigures not disclosed
Minority corporate shareholders
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Aug 2024 (profit £755k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 14 Oct 2026
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