Advanced Tooling Systems UK Limited
Registered name: ADVANCED TOOLING SYSTEMS UK LIMITED
Part of Advanced Tooling Systems (Group) Ltd groupAdvanced Tooling Systems UK Limited made £6.1m revenue and £94.6k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Advanced Tooling Systems UK Limited’s revenue was £6.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £94.6k profit and 30 employees. The company is classified under “other manufacturing” and is based in Maidstone; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Maidstone, South East
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2002
- 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. From the filing: “Advanced Tooling Systems (Holdings) Limited”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £6m | £6.1m | £6.1m |
| Cost of sales | £4.9m | £5.1m | £5.1m |
| Gross profit | £1.1m | £1.1m | £1m |
| Operating profit | — | £91.2k | £80.7k |
| Profit before tax | £254k | £62.1k | £55.6k |
| Profit after tax | £289k | £46.3k | £94.6k |
| Profit (best available) | £289k | £46.3k | £94.6k |
| Staff costs | £1.3m | £1.5m | £1.8m |
| Employees (average) | 28 | 28 | 30 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 4.8% | 0.8% | 1.5% |
| Gross margin | 18.9% | 17.3% | 16.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £216k | £219k | £205k |
| Profit per employee | £10.3k | £1.7k | £3.2k |
| Cash conversion | — | 974.7% | 379.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲1.7% | ▼0% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼84% | ▲104.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲7.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £311k | £989k | £464k |
| Net assets | £5.7m | £5.7m | £5.8m |
| Fixed assets | £2.1m | £1.9m | £1.7m |
| Current assets | £5.5m | £6.1m | £5.5m |
| Debtors | £2m | £2.3m | £1.4m |
| Cash from operations | £495k | £889k | £306k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 16.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £205k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 379.5%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 27.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 22.8%
- 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
- ▲2%
- Now £5.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▼53%
- Now £464k
- Headcount
- ▲7%
- Now 30
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼12%
- Now £1.7m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Advanced Tooling Systems (Group) Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Advanced Tooling Systems (Holdings) Ltd75–100%
- Advanced Tooling Systems UK Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Millaber Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (3)
- Ats (Folkestone) LtdFigures not disclosed
- Ats Automation LtdFigures not disclosed
- Ats Mouldings LtdFigures 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 £94.6k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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