Automated Building & Energy Controls (Holdings) Ltd.
Registered name: AUTOMATED BUILDING & ENERGY CONTROLS (HOLDINGS) LTD.
Part of Acorn Mixer LLP groupAutomated Building & Energy Controls (Holdings) Ltd. made £10.6m revenue and £110k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Automated Building & Energy Controls (Holdings) Ltd.’s revenue grew 35% to £10.6m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £110k profit and 60 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) | — | £7.9m | £7.8m | £10.6m |
| Cost of sales | — | £5.5m | £5.2m | £6.9m |
| Gross profit | — | £2.4m | £2.7m | £3.8m |
| Operating profit | — | £28.2k | −£53.9k | −£63.8k |
| Profit before tax | — | £22k | −£65.9k | −£66.7k |
| Profit after tax | — | £440k | £306k | £110k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £440k | £306k | £110k |
| Staff costs | — | £3.1m | £3.9m | £4.8m |
| Employees (average) | 3 | 3 | 58 | 60 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 5.5% | 3.9% | 1% |
| Gross margin | — | 30.6% | 34.3% | 35.3% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £2.6m | £135k | £177k |
| Profit per employee | — | £147k | £5.3k | £1.8k |
| Cash conversion | — | 1726% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼1.2% | ▲35.4% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼30.4% | ▼64.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲1833% | ▲3.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | — | £596k | £445k | £388k |
| Net assets | £7.2m | £7.2m | £7.2m | £7.2m |
| Fixed assets | — | £5.3m | £4.7m | £4.1m |
| Current assets | — | £3.1m | £3m | £4.5m |
| Debtors | £119k | £1.4m | £1.8m | £2.6m |
| Cash from operations | — | £487k | £330k | £362k |
| 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
- 1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 35.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £177k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 38.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 24.6%
- 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
- 0%
- Now £7.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼13%
- Now £388k
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 60
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼13%
- Now £4.1m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Acorn Mixer LLPultimate parent50–75%
- Acorn Top Co Limited75–100%
- Acorn Bid Co Limited75–100%
- Automated Building & Energy Controls (Holdings) Ltd.this company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Automated Building & Energy Controls (Group) Ltd.Figures not disclosed
Sister companies (1)
- Abec (Group) LtdRev. £32.7m · Profit £649k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £110k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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