Avr Photonics Group Limited
Registered name: AVR PHOTONICS GROUP LIMITED
Avr Photonics Group Limited made £20.7m revenue and £1.4m profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
Avr Photonics Group Limited’s revenue grew 12% to £20.7m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £1.4m profit and 37 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Huntingdon; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Huntingdon, East of England
- Age
- 5 yrs · since 2021
- 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 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £20.2m | £21.5m | £18.4m | £20.7m |
| Cost of sales | £14.3m | £15.1m | £12.6m | £13.7m |
| Gross profit | £5.9m | £6.4m | £5.8m | £7m |
| Operating profit | £1.2m | £742k | −£50.7k | £1.3m |
| Profit before tax | £782k | £411k | −£314k | £1.1m |
| Profit after tax | £1.2m | £2.1m | £894k | £1.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.2m | £2.1m | £894k | £1.4m |
| Staff costs | £2.5m | £3m | £3.2m | £3.2m |
| Employees (average) | 36 | 41 | 41 | 37 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.9% | 9.9% | 4.9% | 7% |
| Gross margin | 29.2% | 29.8% | 31.5% | 33.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £561k | £525k | £449k | £559k |
| Profit per employee | £33k | £52.1k | £21.8k | £39.1k |
| Cash conversion | 202.3% | 189.1% | — | 146.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲6.6% | ▼14.4% | ▲12.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲79.5% | ▼58.2% | ▲62.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲13.9% | 0% | ▼9.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £230k | £67.9k | £3.5k | £42.1k |
| Net assets | £5m | £7.1m | £8m | £9.5m |
| Fixed assets | £8.7m | £7.6m | £6.3m | £5.2m |
| Current assets | £231k | £68.3k | £3.5k | £42.6k |
| Debtors | £1.8m | £1.7m | £1.3m | £2.2m |
| Deferred income | £76k | £85.5k | £83k | £83k |
| Cash from operations | £2.3m | £1.4m | −£83.6k | £1.9m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 33.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £559k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £39.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 146.6%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 25%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10.7%
- 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 £9.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲1119%
- Now £42.1k
- Headcount
- ▼10%
- Now 37
- Deferred income
- 0%
- Now £83k
- Fixed assets
- ▼18%
- Now £5.2m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Advanced Technology Ventures (UK) LtdRev. £1.8m · Profit £1.1m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit £1.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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