A.b. 2000 Ltd.
Registered name: A.B. 2000 LTD.
Part of Kirkner Holdings Ltd. groupA.b. 2000 Ltd. made £10.2m revenue and £1.8m profit in the year to 1 Dec 2024. read from filing text
A.b. 2000 Ltd.’s revenue fell 14% to £10.2m in the year to 1 Dec 2024, with £1.8m profit and 106 employees. The company is classified under “other specialised construction activities” and is based in South Lanarkshire; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- South Lanarkshire, Scotland
- Age
- 31 yrs · since 1995
- Type
- Private Limited Company
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. From the filing: “At the balance sheet date the ultimate and immediate parent undertaking was Quattro Group Limited. T”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 27 Nov 2022 | 26 Nov 2023 | 1 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15.8m | £11.9m | £10.2m |
| Cost of sales | £12.4m | £9.5m | £8.8m |
| Gross profit | £3.4m | £2.3m | £1.4m |
| Operating profit | −£1.8m | −£1.5m | £1.8m |
| Profit before tax | −£2.5m | −£2.4m | £1.3m |
| Profit after tax | −£1.5m | −£1.8m | £1.8m |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.5m | −£1.8m | £1.8m |
| Staff costs | £8.5m | £6.6m | £4.6m |
| Employees (average) | 183 | 142 | 106 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −9.4% | −15.2% | 17.9% |
| Gross margin | 21.6% | 19.7% | 13.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £86.4k | £83.6k | £96.5k |
| Profit per employee | −£8.1k | −£12.8k | £17.3k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | −180% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼24.9% | ▼13.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼22.4% | ▼25.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £279k | £76.6k | £166k |
| Net assets | £2.6m | £839k | £2.7m |
| Fixed assets | £15.7m | £9.6m | £7.8m |
| Current assets | — | £7.6m | £4.2m |
| Debtors | £2.2m | £1.6m | £1.5m |
| Deferred income | £217k | £316k | £251k |
| Cash from operations | −£1.6m | −£655k | −£3.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 17.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 13.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £96.5k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £17.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −180%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 76.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.4%
- 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
- ▲219%
- Now £2.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲117%
- Now £166k
- Headcount
- ▼25%
- Now 106
- Deferred income
- ▼21%
- Now £251k
- Fixed assets
- ▼18%
- Now £7.8m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Kirkner Holdings Ltd.ultimate parent75–100%
- A.b. 2000 Ltd.this company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Ab2000 (Scotland) LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 1 Dec 2024 (profit £1.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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