Ao Consulting Europe Limited
Registered name: AO CONSULTING EUROPE LIMITED
Ao Consulting Europe Limited made £9.3m revenue and £1m profit in the year to 31 Oct 2025.
Ao Consulting Europe Limited’s revenue grew 7% to £9.3m in the year to 31 Oct 2025, with £1m profit and 25 employees. The company is classified under “other service activities” and is based in ST. Albans; we hold 7 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active - Proposal to Strike off
- Location
- ST. Albans, East of England
- Age
- 9 yrs · since 2017
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Oct 2019 | 31 Oct 2020 | 31 Oct 2021 | 31 Oct 2022 | 31 Oct 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 | 31 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | No P&L | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | — | — | £8.7m | £9.3m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | — | — | — | £5.5m | £5.9m |
| Gross profit | — | — | — | — | — | £3.2m | £3.4m |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | £1.2m | £1.4m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | £1.2m | £1.4m |
| Profit after tax | — | — | — | — | — | £937k | £1m |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | — | — | — | £937k | £1m |
| Employees (average) | 1 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 22 | 26 | 25 |
| Ratios | |||||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | — | — | 10.8% | 11.2% |
| Gross margin | — | — | — | — | — | 37.1% | 36.9% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | — | — | — | £334k | £372k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | — | — | — | £36k | £41.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | — | — | — | ▲7.2% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | — | — | — | ▲11.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲400% | ▲80% | ▲22.2% | ▲100% | ▲18.2% | ▼3.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||||
| Cash at bank | — | £44.6k | £83.8k | £185k | £307k | £417k | £491k |
| Net assets | £6.6k | £263k | £871k | £1.7m | £3.8m | £4.7m | £5.8m |
| Fixed assets | £20.5k | £84.1k | £277k | £530k | £1.4m | £1.8m | £1.9m |
| Current assets | — | £204k | £644k | £1.3m | £2.7m | £3.8m | £4.4m |
| Debtors | — | £38.3k | £328k | £717k | £1.5m | £1.9m | £2.2m |
| Source | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 11.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 36.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £372k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £41.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 20.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 23.5%
- 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
- ▲22%
- Now £5.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲18%
- Now £491k
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 25
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲6%
- Now £1.9m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Oct 2025 (profit £1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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