Ade UK Holding Limited
Registered name: ADE UK HOLDING LIMITED
Ade UK Holding Limited made £24.7m revenue and a £1m loss in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
Ade UK Holding Limited’s revenue was £24.7m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with a loss of £1m and 384 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Liverpool; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Liverpool, North West
- Age
- 3 yrs · since 2023
- 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 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15.9m | £24.7m |
| Cost of sales | −£5.7m | −£6.2m |
| Gross profit | £10.2m | £18.6m |
| Operating profit | −£4.2m | −£1.2m |
| Profit before tax | −£5.8m | −£1.2m |
| Profit after tax | −£6.1m | −£1m |
| Profit (best available) | −£6.1m | −£1m |
| Employees (average) | 351 | 384 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −38.2% | −4.2% |
| Gross margin | 63.9% | 75.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £45.3k | £64.3k |
| Profit per employee | −£17.3k | −£2.7k |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −4.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 75.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £64.3k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£2.7k
- 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
- —
- Now 384
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (2)
- Icmp Management LimitedRev. £13.7m · Profit −£478k
- Icmp Online LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit −£1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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