Antech Limited
Registered name: ANTECH LIMITED
Part of Antech Holdings Ltd groupAntech Limited made £6.7m revenue and a £455k loss in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
Antech Limited’s revenue grew 4% to £6.7m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with a loss of £455k and 57 employees. The company is classified under “support activities for petroleum and natural gas extraction” and is based in Exeter; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Exeter, South West
- Age
- 32 yrs · since 1994
- 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 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £6.4m | £6.7m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £2.9m | £3.6m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £3.5m | £3m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £170k | −£650k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £232k | −£574k |
| Profit after tax | −£429k | £1.4m | £229k | −£455k |
| Profit (best available) | −£429k | £1.4m | £229k | −£455k |
| Staff costs | — | — | £2.3m | £2.3m |
| Employees (average) | 44 | 47 | 47 | 57 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 3.6% | −6.8% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 55.1% | 45.6% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £136k | £117k |
| Profit per employee | −£9.8k | £29.8k | £4.9k | −£8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲3.9% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼83.6% | ▼298.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.8% | 0% | ▲21.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £930k | £3.5m | £4.3m | £1.3m |
| Net assets | £7.8m | £9.2m | £9.4m | £9.2m |
| Fixed assets | £4.2m | £3.6m | £3.9m | £5m |
| Current assets | £4.6m | £7.3m | £10m | £6.6m |
| Debtors | £883k | £797k | £1.4m | £923k |
| Deferred income | £200k | £368k | £1m | £769k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −6.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 45.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £117k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 74.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 11.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.9%
- 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
- ▼2%
- Now £9.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼69%
- Now £1.3m
- Headcount
- ▲21%
- Now 57
- Deferred income
- ▼24%
- Now £769k
- Fixed assets
- ▲28%
- Now £5m
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
- Antech Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Antech Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Antech Energy Services 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 31 Aug 2025 (profit −£455k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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