Audio Note (UK) Limited
Registered name: AUDIO NOTE (UK) LIMITED
Audio Note (UK) Limited made £4.4m revenue and £264k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
Audio Note (UK) Limited’s revenue fell 7% to £4.4m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £264k profit and 37 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other electrical equipment” and is based in Horsham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Horsham, South East
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2003
- 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 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £5.1m | £4.8m | £4.8m | £4.4m |
| Cost of sales | £3.6m | £4m | £4m | £3.5m |
| Gross profit | £1.5m | £748k | £802k | £901k |
| Operating profit | £827k | £344k | £352k | £259k |
| Profit before tax | £803k | £317k | £310k | £409k |
| Profit after tax | £730k | £292k | £280k | £264k |
| Profit (best available) | £730k | £292k | £280k | £264k |
| Employees (average) | 43 | 44 | 44 | 37 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 14.4% | 6.1% | 5.9% | 6% |
| Gross margin | 29.8% | 15.6% | 16.9% | 20.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £118k | £109k | £108k | £120k |
| Profit per employee | £17k | £6.6k | £6.4k | £7.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼5.5% | ▼0.6% | ▼6.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼60% | ▼4.1% | ▼5.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2.3% | 0% | ▼15.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.1m | £382k | £498k | £486k |
| Net assets | £7.9m | £8m | £8.2m | £8.3m |
| Fixed assets | £1.6m | £1.8m | £2m | £2.2m |
| Current assets | £8.3m | £7.7m | £7.4m | £7.4m |
| Debtors | £1.6m | £754k | £725k | £601k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 20.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £120k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 49.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.6%
- 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
- ▲1%
- Now £8.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼3%
- Now £486k
- Headcount
- ▼16%
- Now 37
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲11%
- Now £2.2m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit £264k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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