Axis Electronics Limited
Registered name: AXIS ELECTRONICS LIMITED
Part of Cicor Technologies Ltd groupAxis Electronics Limited made £41.9m revenue and £7m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Axis Electronics Limited’s revenue grew 5% to £41.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £7m profit and 196 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of electronic components” and is based in Milton Keynes; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Milton Keynes, South East
- Age
- 31 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. From the filing: “At the year end, the company’s immediate parent company was Cicor UK Ltd, by virtue of its 100% shareholding.”
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&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £20.8m | £41.7m | £39.9m | £41.9m |
| Cost of sales | £11.3m | £27.5m | £24.9m | £24.5m |
| Gross profit | £9.5m | £14.2m | £15m | £17.4m |
| Operating profit | £4.8m | £7.5m | £8.5m | £9.7m |
| Profit before tax | £4.8m | £7.5m | £8.5m | £9.7m |
| Profit after tax | £3.9m | £5.7m | £6.3m | £7m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.9m | £5.7m | £6.3m | £7m |
| Staff costs | — | — | £7.8m | £9.1m |
| Employees (average) | 180 | 182 | 182 | 196 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 19% | 13.7% | 15.8% | 16.6% |
| Gross margin | 45.6% | 34.1% | 37.6% | 41.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £115k | £229k | £219k | £214k |
| Profit per employee | £21.9k | £31.3k | £34.8k | £35.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲100.4% | ▼4.2% | ▲5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲44.3% | ▲11.2% | ▲10.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.1% | 0% | ▲7.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £4.9m | £3.9m | £4.2m | £8.3m |
| Net assets | £20.4m | £15.4m | £14.5m | £15.4m |
| Fixed assets | £1.8m | £1.4m | £1.4m | £1.8m |
| Current assets | £35.7m | £32.1m | £31.6m | £29.2m |
| Debtors | £5.8m | £7.2m | £9.9m | £4.9m |
| Deferred income | £9.4m | £12.4m | £10.1m | £7.6m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 16.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 41.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £214k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £35.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 18.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11.7%
- 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
- ▲6%
- Now £15.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲96%
- Now £8.3m
- Headcount
- ▲8%
- Now 196
- Deferred income
- ▼25%
- Now £7.6m
- Fixed assets
- ▲25%
- Now £1.8m
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
- Cicor Technologies Ltd (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Cicor UK Ltd75–100%
- Axis Electronics Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Cicor Newport LtdRev. £33.6m · Profit £2.9m
- Cicor Hartlepool LtdRev. £25m · Profit £1.8m
- STS Defence LimitedRev. £11.8m · Profit £819k
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 £7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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