European Active Projects Limited
Registered name: EUROPEAN ACTIVE PROJECTS LIMITED
European Active Projects Limited made £32.3m revenue and £420k profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025.
European Active Projects Limited’s revenue grew 13% to £32.3m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £420k profit and 298 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures” and is based in Gillingham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Gillingham, South East
- Age
- 21 yrs · since 2005
- 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 Jul 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £18.6m | £27.1m | £28.7m | £32.3m |
| Cost of sales | £14.3m | £19.3m | £22.3m | £23.6m |
| Gross profit | £4.3m | £7.9m | £6.3m | £8.7m |
| Operating profit | £67.9k | £1m | £210k | £622k |
| Profit before tax | £64.3k | £1m | £197k | £600k |
| Profit after tax | £56.1k | £712k | £197k | £420k |
| Profit (best available) | £56.1k | £712k | £197k | £420k |
| Staff costs | £4m | £7.7m | £10.6m | £14.1m |
| Employees (average) | 78 | 191 | 238 | 298 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.3% | 2.6% | 0.7% | 1.3% |
| Gross margin | 23% | 29.1% | 22.1% | 27% |
| Revenue per employee | £238k | £142k | £121k | £108k |
| Profit per employee | £719 | £3.7k | £827 | £1.4k |
| Cash conversion | 491.9% | −220.8% | 772.9% | −88.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲46.1% | ▲5.7% | ▲12.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲1169% | ▼72.3% | ▲113.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲144.9% | ▲24.6% | ▲25.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £230k | £192k | £273k | £328k |
| Net assets | £1.1m | £1.8m | £2m | £2.4m |
| Fixed assets | £521k | £671k | £1.1m | £1.1m |
| Current assets | £6.2m | £5.7m | £7.8m | £9.3m |
| Debtors | £3.2m | £3.8m | £5.3m | £6.4m |
| Deferred income | — | £0 | £202k | £0 |
| Cash from operations | £334k | −£2.2m | £1.6m | −£548k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 27%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £108k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −88.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 20%
- 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
- ▲21%
- Now £2.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲20%
- Now £328k
- Headcount
- ▲25%
- Now 298
- Deferred income
- ▼100%
- Now £0
- Fixed assets
- ▲4%
- Now £1.1m
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)
- Pier Rigging and Testing LimitedFigures 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 Jul 2025 (profit £420k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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