Aktrion Manufacturing Support Services Limited
Registered name: AKTRION MANUFACTURING SUPPORT SERVICES LIMITED
Part of Aktrion Group Limited groupAktrion Manufacturing Support Services Limited made £6.2m revenue and a £471k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Aktrion Manufacturing Support Services Limited’s revenue grew 12% to £6.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £471k and 168 employees. The company is classified under “engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities” and is based in Telford; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Telford, West Midlands
- Age
- 28 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £5.5m | £6.2m |
| Cost of sales | £4.3m | £5.1m |
| Gross profit | £1.2m | £1.1m |
| Operating profit | £74.9k | −£500k |
| Profit before tax | £76.3k | −£501k |
| Profit after tax | £76.3k | −£471k |
| Profit (best available) | £76.3k | −£471k |
| Staff costs | £3.8m | £4.5m |
| Employees (average) | 180 | 168 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 1.4% | −7.6% |
| Gross margin | 21.9% | 18.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £30.6k | £36.9k |
| Profit per employee | £424 | −£2.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲12.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼716.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼6.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £225k | £2.4k |
| Net assets | £4m | £3.5m |
| Fixed assets | £106k | £83k |
| Current assets | £6.7m | £8.5m |
| Debtors | £2m | £1.2m |
| Deferred income | £14.6k | £151k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −7.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 18.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £36.9k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£2.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 19.2%
- 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
- ▼12%
- Now £3.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼99%
- Now £2.4k
- Headcount
- ▼7%
- Now 168
- Deferred income
- ▲930%
- Now £151k
- Fixed assets
- ▼22%
- Now £83k
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
- Aktrion Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Aktrion Manufacturing Support Services Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Aktrion Aftermarket UK 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 2024 (profit −£471k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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