Abec (Group) Ltd
Registered name: ABEC (GROUP) LTD
Part of Acorn Mixer LLP groupAbec (Group) Ltd made £32.7m revenue and £649k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Abec (Group) Ltd’s revenue grew 80% to £32.7m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £649k profit and 69 employees. The company is classified under “activities of construction holding companies” and is based in Tewkesbury; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Tewkesbury, South West
- 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.
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 | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £13m | £18.1m | £32.7m |
| Cost of sales | — | £9.8m | £14.6m | £24.2m |
| Gross profit | — | £3.3m | £3.6m | £8.5m |
| Operating profit | — | £1.5m | £1.1m | £4.6m |
| Profit before tax | — | £1.5m | £1m | £4.5m |
| Profit after tax | — | £666k | £1.2m | £649k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £666k | £1.2m | £649k |
| Staff costs | — | £3.6m | £3.4m | £6.7m |
| Employees (average) | 2 | 2 | 47 | 69 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 5.1% | 6.4% | 2% |
| Gross margin | — | 25.1% | 19.7% | 26.1% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £6.5m | £386k | £474k |
| Profit per employee | — | £333k | £24.7k | £9.4k |
| Cash conversion | — | 88.4% | 180.4% | 77% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲39.2% | ▲80.3% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲74% | ▼44% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▲2250% | ▲46.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | — | £28.1k | £261k | £25.9k |
| Net assets | £1.5m | £1.5m | £1.5m | £1.5m |
| Fixed assets | — | £1m | £909k | £827k |
| Current assets | £82.7k | £421k | £585k | £185k |
| Debtors | £82.7k | £1.4m | £2.3m | £2.9m |
| Cash from operations | — | £1.3m | £1.9m | £3.5m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 26.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £474k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £9.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 77%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 8.9%
- 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
- ▼2%
- Now £1.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼90%
- Now £25.9k
- Headcount
- ▲47%
- Now 69
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼9%
- Now £827k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Acorn Mixer LLPultimate parent50–75%
- Acorn Top Co Limited75–100%
- Acorn Bid Co Limited75–100%
- Abec (Group) Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Abec (Me) LtdFigures not disclosed
- Abec LtdFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (1)
- Automated Building & Energy Controls (Holdings) Ltd.Rev. £10.6m · Profit £110k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £649k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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