Applied Automation (Holdings) Limited
Registered name: APPLIED AUTOMATION (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
Applied Automation (Holdings) Limited made £21.7m revenue and £516k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Applied Automation (Holdings) Limited’s revenue fell 14% to £21.7m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £516k profit and 207 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Plymouth; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Plymouth, South West
- Age
- 9 yrs · since 2017
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £20.2m | £26.1m | £25.2m | £21.7m |
| Cost of sales | £15.9m | £20.7m | −£19.9m | −£17.8m |
| Gross profit | £4.3m | £5.4m | £5.2m | £3.9m |
| Operating profit | £1.9m | £2.7m | £2.3m | £581k |
| Profit before tax | £1.9m | £2.6m | £2.2m | £684k |
| Profit after tax | £732k | £939k | £1.6m | £516k |
| Profit (best available) | £732k | £939k | £1.6m | £516k |
| Staff costs | £6.4m | £7.4m | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 192 | 212 | 206 | 207 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.6% | 3.6% | 6.5% | 2.4% |
| Gross margin | 21.4% | 20.8% | 20.8% | 17.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £105k | £123k | £122k | £105k |
| Profit per employee | £3.8k | £4.4k | £7.9k | £2.5k |
| Cash conversion | 0.7% | −8.3% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲29.2% | ▼3.6% | ▼13.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲28.3% | ▲72.9% | ▼68.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲10.4% | ▼2.8% | ▲0.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.1m | £1.2m | — | — |
| Net assets | £3.2m | £4m | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £3.4m | £3.4m | — | — |
| Current assets | £1.5m | £2.3m | — | — |
| Debtors | £80k | £262k | — | — |
| Cash from operations | £12.4k | −£225k | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 17.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £105k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲0%
- Now 207
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (6)
- Applied Automation (UK) LimitedRev. £19.1m · Profit £65.1k
- Applied Tube Technology LimitedFigures not disclosed
- LC Automation Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Maytec Solutions LtdFigures not disclosed
- PTG Holdings LtdFigures not disclosed
- PTG Workholding LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £516k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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