Aquabio Limited
Registered name: AQUABIO LIMITED
Aquabio Limited made £8.4m revenue and £420k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Aquabio Limited’s revenue fell 13% to £8.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £420k profit and 22 employees. The company is classified under “other engineering activities” and is based in Worcester; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Worcester, West Midlands
- Age
- 29 yrs · since 1997
- 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 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £9.7m | £8.4m |
| Cost of sales | £7.2m | £6.3m |
| Gross profit | £2.5m | £2.1m |
| Operating profit | £633k | £487k |
| Profit before tax | £791k | £560k |
| Profit after tax | £604k | £420k |
| Profit (best available) | £604k | £420k |
| Staff costs | £1.6m | £1.8m |
| Employees (average) | 21 | 22 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 6.2% | 5% |
| Gross margin | 25.8% | 25% |
| Revenue per employee | £461k | £381k |
| Profit per employee | £28.7k | £19.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼13.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼30.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £2m | £2.6m |
| Net assets | £2.2m | £2.1m |
| Fixed assets | £366k | £343k |
| Current assets | £5.6m | £5.5m |
| Debtors | £2.3m | £1.6m |
| Deferred income | £1.9m | £1.9m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 25%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £381k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £19.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 22.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 19.6%
- 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
- ▼8%
- Now £2.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲31%
- Now £2.6m
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 22
- Deferred income
- ▲2%
- Now £1.9m
- Fixed assets
- ▼6%
- Now £343k
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 £420k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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