Avica UK Ltd
Registered name: AVICA UK LTD
Avica UK Ltd made £12.2m revenue and £71.9k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Avica UK Ltd’s revenue grew 2% to £12.2m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £71.9k profit and 82 employees. The company is classified under “non-specialised wholesale trade” and is based in Watford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Watford, East of England
- Age
- 27 yrs · since 1999
- 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £11.7m | £12m | £12.2m |
| Cost of sales | — | £7.4m | £7.4m | £7.6m |
| Gross profit | — | £4.3m | £4.5m | £4.6m |
| Operating profit | — | £292k | £134k | £93.5k |
| Profit before tax | — | £241k | £123k | £105k |
| Profit after tax | — | £210k | £106k | £71.9k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £210k | £106k | £71.9k |
| Staff costs | — | £2.3m | £2.6m | £2.6m |
| Employees (average) | 85 | 83 | 86 | 82 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 1.8% | 0.9% | 0.6% |
| Gross margin | — | 36.6% | 38% | 38% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £141k | £139k | £149k |
| Profit per employee | — | £2.5k | £1.2k | £877 |
| Cash conversion | — | 371.1% | 65.1% | −651.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲2.3% | ▲2% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼49.4% | ▼32.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2.4% | ▲3.6% | ▼4.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £333k | £399k | £50.3k | £21.2k |
| Net assets | £491k | £631k | £657k | £660k |
| Fixed assets | £362k | £402k | £510k | £627k |
| Current assets | £3.4m | £3.7m | £3.6m | £3.7m |
| Debtors | £1.6m | £1.6m | £1.7m | £1.6m |
| Deferred income | — | £150k | £145k | £224k |
| Cash from operations | — | £1.1m | £87.2k | −£609k |
| Source | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 38%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £149k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £877
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −651.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.3%
- 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
- ▲0%
- Now £660k
- Cash at bank
- ▼58%
- Now £21.2k
- Headcount
- ▼5%
- Now 82
- Deferred income
- ▲54%
- Now £224k
- Fixed assets
- ▲23%
- Now £627k
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 Mar 2025 (profit £71.9k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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