Aql International Ltd
Registered name: AQL INTERNATIONAL LTD
Part of Myee Limited groupAql International Ltd made £187m revenue and £23.2m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Aql International Ltd’s revenue grew 33% to £187m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £23.2m profit and 74 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of other intermediate products” and is based in Bolton; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bolton, North West
- Age
- 13 yrs · since 2013
- 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 company's immediate parent is Myee Limited, incorporated in England & Wales.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jul 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £87.9m | £145m | £141m | £187m |
| Cost of sales | — | £70.1m | £112m | £107m | £141m |
| Gross profit | — | £17.8m | £32.3m | £33.8m | £46.5m |
| Operating profit | — | £9.9m | £19.9m | £20.1m | £30.9m |
| Profit before tax | — | £9.9m | £19.9m | £20.1m | £30.9m |
| Profit after tax | — | £8.1m | £15.1m | £15m | £23.2m |
| Profit (best available) | — | £8.1m | £15.1m | £15m | £23.2m |
| Staff costs | — | £2m | £3.3m | £3.2m | £4m |
| Employees (average) | 13 | 35 | 88 | 84 | 74 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | — | 9.2% | 10.4% | 10.6% | 12.4% |
| Gross margin | — | 20.2% | 22.3% | 24% | 24.8% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £2.5m | £1.6m | £1.7m | £2.5m |
| Profit per employee | — | £232k | £172k | £178k | £313k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▼2.7% | ▲33% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼1.1% | ▲54.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | — | ▼4.5% | ▼11.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £332k | £1.3m | £1.4m | £5m | £9.8m |
| Net assets | £2.6m | £10.7m | £24.2m | £30.8m | £50.6m |
| Fixed assets | £1.2m | £762k | £833k | £591k | £919k |
| Current assets | £3.2m | £29.7m | £37.9m | £45.1m | £69.1m |
| Debtors | £1.5m | £11.6m | £17.1m | £17.2m | £20.4m |
| Deferred income | — | £1m | £1.8m | £1.7m | £1.4m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 12.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 24.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £2.5m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £313k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10.9%
- 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
- ▲64%
- Now £50.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲94%
- Now £9.8m
- Headcount
- ▼12%
- Now 74
- Deferred income
- ▼19%
- Now £1.4m
- Fixed assets
- ▲55%
- Now £919k
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
- Myee Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Aql International Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Evaporiser LimitedFigures not disclosed
- UK E-Labs 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 2025 (profit £23.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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