A & E Holdings Limited
Registered name: A & E HOLDINGS LIMITED
A & E Holdings Limited made £20.4m revenue and £3.2m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
A & E Holdings Limited’s revenue fell 9% to £20.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £3.2m profit and 101 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in Halifax; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Halifax, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 26 yrs · since 2000
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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) | £17.9m | £21.6m | £22.4m | £20.4m |
| Cost of sales | £9m | £10.9m | £10.7m | £8.9m |
| Gross profit | £8.9m | £10.7m | £11.7m | £11.6m |
| Operating profit | £2.8m | £3.8m | £4.4m | £4.1m |
| Profit before tax | £2.9m | £3.9m | £4.6m | £4.2m |
| Profit after tax | £2.4m | £2.9m | £3.5m | £3.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.4m | £2.9m | £3.5m | £3.2m |
| Staff costs | £4.3m | £4.8m | £4.9m | £5.1m |
| Employees (average) | 100 | 104 | 103 | 101 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 13.5% | 13.4% | 15.4% | 15.7% |
| Gross margin | 49.6% | 49.4% | 52.3% | 56.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £179k | £208k | £218k | £202k |
| Profit per employee | £24k | £27.8k | £33.6k | £31.8k |
| Cash conversion | −21.9% | −47% | −132.9% | −130.4% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲21.2% | ▲3.6% | ▼8.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲20.4% | ▲19.5% | ▼7.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4% | ▼1% | ▼1.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £5.4m | £4.9m | £6.3m | £7.4m |
| Net assets | £20.5m | £22.4m | £992k | £992k |
| Fixed assets | £7.4m | £8m | £8m | £7.9m |
| Current assets | £17.1m | £18.7m | £18.1m | £20m |
| Debtors | £4.3m | £5.3m | £4.1m | — |
| Deferred income | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Cash from operations | −£623k | −£1.8m | −£5.9m | −£5.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 15.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 56.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £202k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £31.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −130.4%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 38.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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 £992k
- Cash at bank
- ▲18%
- Now £7.4m
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 101
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £0
- Fixed assets
- ▼2%
- Now £7.9m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Quality Hydraulic Power LimitedRev. £20.3m · Profit £3.1m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £3.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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