Air Handling Systems Limited
Registered name: AIR HANDLING SYSTEMS LIMITED
Air Handling Systems Limited made £15.2m revenue and £2.6m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Air Handling Systems Limited’s revenue grew 9% to £15.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £2.6m profit and 76 employees. The company is classified under “other manufacturing” and is based in County Durham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- County Durham, North East
- Age
- 26 yrs · since 2000
- 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 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £13.2m | £13.9m | £15.2m |
| Cost of sales | — | £10.4m | £10.5m | £8.6m |
| Gross profit | — | £2.8m | £3.4m | £6.5m |
| Operating profit | — | £1.1m | £1.2m | £3.5m |
| Profit before tax | — | £1.1m | £1.2m | £3.5m |
| Profit after tax | — | £809k | £828k | £2.6m |
| Profit (best available) | — | £809k | £828k | £2.6m |
| Staff costs | — | £2.9m | £4.6m | £4.8m |
| Employees (average) | 59 | 69 | 72 | 76 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 6.1% | 6% | 17.1% |
| Gross margin | — | 21.3% | 24.4% | 43% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £192k | £193k | £200k |
| Profit per employee | — | £11.7k | £11.5k | £34.1k |
| Cash conversion | — | −253.1% | −222.5% | −31.4% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲4.8% | ▲9.3% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲2.4% | ▲212.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲17% | ▲4.3% | ▲5.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3m | £5m | £5.9m | £6.5m |
| Net assets | £1.8m | £1.9m | £1.6m | £3.7m |
| Fixed assets | £602k | £647k | £715k | £690k |
| Current assets | £4.5m | £5.9m | £7.1m | £8.1m |
| Debtors | £461k | £665k | £599k | £1.5m |
| Deferred income | — | £342k | £722k | £189k |
| Cash from operations | — | −£2.8m | −£2.7m | −£1.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 17.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 43%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £200k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £34.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −31.4%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 9.8%
- 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
- ▲132%
- Now £3.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲9%
- Now £6.5m
- Headcount
- ▲6%
- Now 76
- Deferred income
- ▼74%
- Now £189k
- Fixed assets
- ▼4%
- Now £690k
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 £2.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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