Adi UK Limited
Registered name: ADI UK LIMITED
Part of Retstone Limited groupAdi UK Limited made £35.2m revenue and £1.3m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Adi UK Limited’s revenue grew 7% to £35.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.3m profit and 238 employees. The company is classified under “renting and leasing of media entertainment equipment” and is based in Bolton; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bolton, North West
- Age
- 29 yrs · since 1997
- 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: “The ultimate parent company is Retstone Limited, a company registered in England and Wales.”
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) | £22.1m | £29.4m | £33m | £35.2m |
| Cost of sales | £16.1m | £22m | £25.7m | £26.3m |
| Gross profit | £6m | £7.4m | £7.3m | £8.9m |
| Operating profit | £1m | £1.7m | £1.9m | £2.6m |
| Profit before tax | £779k | £1.3m | £1.5m | £1.9m |
| Profit after tax | £731k | £988k | £1m | £1.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £731k | £988k | £1m | £1.3m |
| Staff costs | £6.3m | £7.2m | £8.1m | £9.1m |
| Employees (average) | 194 | 201 | 222 | 238 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.3% | 3.4% | 3.1% | 3.8% |
| Gross margin | 27.2% | 25.1% | 22.2% | 25.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £114k | £146k | £149k | £148k |
| Profit per employee | £3.8k | £4.9k | £4.6k | £5.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲32.9% | ▲12.2% | ▲6.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲35.1% | ▲3.7% | ▲31.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3.6% | ▲10.4% | ▲7.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.5m | £823k | £2m | £3.6m |
| Net assets | £3.6m | £4.6m | £5.3m | £6.6m |
| Fixed assets | £8.6m | £11.1m | £10.7m | £14m |
| Current assets | £8.5m | £11.6m | £10.4m | £12.5m |
| Debtors | £2.3m | £5.4m | £5m | £3.9m |
| Deferred income | £6.8m | £8.6m | £6.2m | £6.4m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 25.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £148k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 39.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 18.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11.1%
- 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
- ▲25%
- Now £6.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲84%
- Now £3.6m
- Headcount
- ▲7%
- Now 238
- Deferred income
- ▲3%
- Now £6.4m
- Fixed assets
- ▲31%
- Now £14m
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
- Retstone Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Adi UK Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Adi Europe 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 Dec 2025 (profit £1.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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