Captec Group PLC
Registered name: CAPTEC GROUP PLC
Captec Group PLC made £28m revenue and £3.1m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Captec Group PLC’s revenue fell 11% to £28m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £3.1m profit and 144 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of computers and peripheral equipment” and is based in Fareham; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Fareham, South East
- Age
- 8 yrs · since 2018
- Type
- Public 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 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £33.1m | £31.6m | £28m |
| Cost of sales | −£22.8m | −£21.6m | −£19.2m |
| Gross profit | £10.4m | £10m | £8.8m |
| Operating profit | £3.9m | £3.3m | £3.1m |
| Profit before tax | £4.8m | £4.6m | £4.3m |
| Profit after tax | £3.7m | £3.3m | £3.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.7m | £3.3m | £3.1m |
| Employees (average) | 165 | 158 | 144 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 11.3% | 10.3% | 10.9% |
| Gross margin | 31.3% | 31.7% | 31.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £201k | £200k | £194k |
| Profit per employee | £22.6k | £20.7k | £21.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼4.6% | ▼11.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼12.5% | ▼6.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4.2% | ▼8.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 10.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 31.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £194k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £21.3k
- 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
- ▼9%
- Now 144
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (3)
- Ash Wireless Electronics LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Captec LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Captec Subsystems Engineering LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £3.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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