Active Plumbing Supplies Holdings Limited
Registered name: ACTIVE PLUMBING SUPPLIES HOLDINGS LIMITED
Active Plumbing Supplies Holdings Limited made £19.2m revenue and £250k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Active Plumbing Supplies Holdings Limited’s revenue grew 12% to £19.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £250k profit and 71 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Malmesbury; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Malmesbury, 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £8.5m | £16.2m | £17.1m | £19.2m |
| Cost of sales | £6.7m | £12.4m | −£12.9m | −£14.6m |
| Gross profit | £1.8m | £3.8m | £4.2m | £4.6m |
| Operating profit | £228k | £720k | £569k | £477k |
| Profit before tax | £216k | £704k | £521k | £402k |
| Profit after tax | £289k | £533k | £341k | £250k |
| Profit (best available) | £289k | £533k | £341k | £250k |
| Staff costs | £911k | £1.9m | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 56 | 59 | 83 | 71 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.4% | 3.3% | 2% | 1.3% |
| Gross margin | 21.2% | 23.5% | 24.6% | 24% |
| Revenue per employee | £152k | £274k | £206k | £270k |
| Profit per employee | £5.2k | £9k | £4.1k | £3.5k |
| Cash conversion | 429.9% | 138.2% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲5.8% | ▲12.1% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼36% | ▼26.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▲40.7% | ▼14.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.1m | £10.6k | — | — |
| Net assets | £1.1k | £1.1k | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £1.6m | £1.4m | — | — |
| Current assets | £19.4k | £25.2k | — | — |
| Debtors | £2.2m | £2.2m | — | — |
| Cash from operations | £979k | £994k | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 24%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £270k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.5k
- 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
- ▼14%
- Now 71
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (11)
- Active Plumbing Supplies (Cam) LtdFigures not disclosed
- Active Plumbing Supplies (Cirencester) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Active Plumbing Supplies (Faringdon) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Active Plumbing Supplies (Malmesbury) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Active Plumbing Supplies (Marlborough) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Active Plumbing Supplies (Plymouth) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Active Plumbing Supplies (Swindon) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Active Plumbing Supplies (Tewkesbury) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Active Plumbing Supplies (Trowbridge) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Active Plumbing Supplies (Wellington) LtdFigures not disclosed
- Active Plumbing Supplies (Witney) LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £250k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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