Abtech Limited
Registered name: ABTECH LIMITED
Part of Drishaun Holdings Limited groupAbtech Limited made £10.3m revenue and £277k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Abtech Limited’s revenue fell 11% to £10.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £277k profit and 72 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of electricity distribution and control apparatus” and is based in Sheffield; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Sheffield, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 20 yrs · since 2006
- 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: “The ultimate parent undertaking is Drishaun Holdings Limited, a company registered in England. Its registered office is 199-201 Newhall Road, Lower Don Valley, Sheffield S9 2QJ”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £9.2m | £11.6m | £10.3m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £6m | £7.3m | £6.3m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £3.2m | £4.3m | £4m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £529k | £1.4m | £447k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £459k | £1.3m | £400k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £352k | £1.1m | £277k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £352k | £1.1m | £277k |
| Staff costs | — | — | £1.9m | £2.4m | £2.9m |
| Employees (average) | 50 | 54 | 56 | 61 | 72 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 3.8% | 9.2% | 2.7% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 34.8% | 37.1% | 39% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £164k | £190k | £143k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £6.3k | £17.5k | £3.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲26.2% | ▼11.2% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲203.1% | ▼74% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲8% | ▲3.7% | ▲8.9% | ▲18% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £34.3k | £15.6k | £5.3k | £227k | £256k |
| Net assets | £1.2m | £1.3m | £1.7m | £2.5m | £2.8m |
| Fixed assets | £210k | £166k | £177k | £361k | £508k |
| Current assets | £3.2m | £4m | £5.2m | £5m | £5.8m |
| Debtors | £885k | £1.3m | £927k | £1.2m | £1.7m |
| Deferred income | — | — | £323k | £429k | £268k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 39%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £143k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 16.6%
- 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
- ▲11%
- Now £2.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲13%
- Now £256k
- Headcount
- ▲18%
- Now 72
- Deferred income
- ▼38%
- Now £268k
- Fixed assets
- ▲41%
- Now £508k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Drishaun Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Abtech Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- A.b. Controls and Technology LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Allen Bennett Controls 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 Dec 2025 (profit £277k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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