Ab Investment Solutions Limited
Registered name: AB INVESTMENT SOLUTIONS LIMITED
Part of Tavistock Investments PLC groupAb Investment Solutions Limited made £2.2m revenue and £185k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2023.
Ab Investment Solutions Limited’s revenue grew 31% to £2.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2023, with £185k profit and 4 employees. The company is classified under “fund management activities” and is based in Ascot; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ascot, South East
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2014
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.7m | £2.2m |
| Cost of sales | £1.3m | £1.7m |
| Gross profit | £379k | £481k |
| Profit before tax | £32.4k | £185k |
| Profit after tax | £32.4k | £185k |
| Profit (best available) | £32.4k | £185k |
| Staff costs | £126k | £137k |
| Employees (average) | 4 | 4 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 2% | 8.5% |
| Gross margin | 22.9% | 22.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £414k | £544k |
| Profit per employee | £8.1k | £46.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲31.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲470.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £45.8k | £110k |
| Net assets | £240k | £425k |
| Fixed assets | — | £1.3k |
| Current assets | £334k | £598k |
| Debtors | £2.6k | £488k |
| Deferred income | £137k | £182k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 22.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £544k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £46.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 8.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 22.4%
- 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
- ▲77%
- Now £425k
- Cash at bank
- ▲141%
- Now £110k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 4
- Deferred income
- ▲33%
- Now £182k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £1.3k
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
- Tavistock Investments PLCultimate parent75–100%
- Alpha Beta Partners Limited75–100%
- Ab Investment Solutions Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Alpha Beta Private Wealth LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2023 (profit £185k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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