Abax UK Limited
Registered name: ABAX UK LIMITED
Part of Dauphine Holdings (UK) Limited groupAbax UK Limited made £5.6m revenue and £284k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Abax UK Limited’s revenue grew 2% to £5.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £284k profit and 29 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other transport equipment” and is based in Peterborough; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Peterborough, East of England
- Age
- 15 yrs · since 2011
- 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.
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 | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £4.9m | £5.9m | £5.5m | £5.6m |
| Cost of sales | £87.7k | £101k | £87.8k | £240k |
| Gross profit | £4.8m | £5.8m | £5.4m | £5.4m |
| Profit before tax | £215k | £295k | £254k | £284k |
| Profit after tax | £214k | £295k | £254k | £284k |
| Profit (best available) | £214k | £295k | £254k | £284k |
| Staff costs | £1.3m | £1.4m | £1.5m | — |
| Employees (average) | 26 | 24 | 30 | 29 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4.4% | 5% | 4.6% | 5.1% |
| Gross margin | 98.2% | 98.3% | 98.4% | 95.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £188k | £246k | £184k | £194k |
| Profit per employee | £8.2k | £12.3k | £8.5k | £9.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲21.1% | ▼6.3% | ▲1.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲37.8% | ▼13.8% | ▲11.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼7.7% | ▲25% | ▼3.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £228k | £370k | £91.8k | £719k |
| Net assets | −£4.4m | −£151k | £104k | £387k |
| Fixed assets | £2m | £6.1m | £5.6m | £5.2m |
| Current assets | £1.7m | £1.8m | £1.5m | £2m |
| Debtors | £1.1m | £1m | £981k | £730k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 95.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £194k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £9.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 92.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13%
- 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
- ▲273%
- Now £387k
- Cash at bank
- ▲684%
- Now £719k
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 29
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼8%
- Now £5.2m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Dauphine Holdings (UK) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Triplog Holdings Limited75–100%
- Abax UK Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Movolytics Group Holdings 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 £284k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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