Aim RX Ltd
Registered name: AIM RX LTD
Part of Bbe Developments Ltd groupAim RX Ltd made £16.5m revenue and £387k profit in the year to 31 Jan 2025.
Aim RX Ltd’s revenue grew 5% to £16.5m in the year to 31 Jan 2025, with £387k profit and 143 employees. The company is classified under “dispensing chemist in specialised stores” and is based in Widnes; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Widnes, North West
- Age
- 10 yrs · since 2016
- 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 | 30 Oct 2021 | 31 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £17.8m | £15.7m | £16.5m |
| Cost of sales | — | £12m | £10.9m | £11.2m |
| Gross profit | — | £5.8m | £4.8m | £5.3m |
| Operating profit | — | £308k | £78.6k | £534k |
| Profit before tax | — | £303k | £526k | £529k |
| Profit after tax | — | £270k | £487k | £387k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £270k | £487k | £387k |
| Staff costs | — | £3.3m | £2.7m | £2.8m |
| Employees (average) | 121 | 118 | 145 | 143 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 1.5% | 3.1% | 2.3% |
| Gross margin | — | 32.5% | 30.8% | 32.1% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £151k | £108k | £116k |
| Profit per employee | — | £2.3k | £3.4k | £2.7k |
| Cash conversion | — | −1042% | −551.7% | −45.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼11.8% | ▲5.1% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲80.2% | ▼20.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▲22.9% | ▼1.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.2m | £1.3m | £1.6m | £1m |
| Net assets | £4.2m | £2.1m | £2.2m | £1.8m |
| Fixed assets | £745k | £1.1m | £1.1m | £1m |
| Current assets | £5.6m | £3.4m | £3.7m | £3.5m |
| Debtors | £2.1m | £1.3m | £1.3m | £1.3m |
| Deferred income | £14.7k | £16k | £111k | — |
| Cash from operations | — | −£3.2m | −£434k | −£244k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 32.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £116k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −45.7%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 6.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.9%
- 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
- ▼18%
- Now £1.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▼39%
- Now £1m
- Headcount
- ▼1%
- Now 143
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼5%
- Now £1m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Bbe Developments Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Aim RX Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jan 2025 (profit £387k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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