Air Compressors & Tools Ltd
Registered name: AIR COMPRESSORS & TOOLS LTD
Part of Atlas Copco Airpower N.V. groupAir Compressors & Tools Ltd made £27.4m revenue and £714k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Air Compressors & Tools Ltd’s revenue grew 5% to £27.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £714k profit and 143 employees. The company is classified under “other service activities” and is based in Warrington; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Warrington, North West
- Age
- 106 yrs · since 1920
- 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.
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) | £19.8m | £24.8m | £26.1m | £27.4m |
| Cost of sales | £11.5m | £15.7m | £14.8m | £13.2m |
| Gross profit | £8.2m | £9.1m | £11.3m | £14.2m |
| Operating profit | £758k | £794k | £720k | £1.1m |
| Profit before tax | £729k | £718k | £556k | £929k |
| Profit after tax | £581k | £508k | £395k | £714k |
| Profit (best available) | £581k | £508k | £395k | £714k |
| Staff costs | £5.4m | £6.4m | £7.5m | £9.3m |
| Employees (average) | 85 | 105 | 125 | 143 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.9% | 2.1% | 1.5% | 2.6% |
| Gross margin | 41.7% | 36.7% | 43.3% | 51.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £233k | £236k | £209k | £192k |
| Profit per employee | £6.8k | £4.8k | £3.2k | £5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲25.5% | ▲5.2% | ▲4.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼12.6% | ▼22.2% | ▲80.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲23.5% | ▲19.1% | ▲14.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | £12.2m | £12.7m | £13.1m | £13.8m |
| Fixed assets | £1.6m | £2m | £1.9m | £2.1m |
| Current assets | £14.9m | £17.4m | £17.5m | £19.9m |
| Debtors | £3.9m | £5.1m | £4.8m | £6.3m |
| Deferred income | £769k | £1.1m | £1.2m | £1.7m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 51.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £192k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 7.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 6.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 22.9%
- 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
- ▲5%
- Now £13.8m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲14%
- Now 143
- Deferred income
- ▲46%
- Now £1.7m
- Fixed assets
- ▲11%
- Now £2.1m
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
- Atlas Copco Airpower N.V. (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Atlas Copco UK Holdings Limited75–100%
- Air Compressors & Tools Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (15)
- Atlas Copco LimitedRev. £196m · Profit £12.9m
- Atlas Copco Ias UK LimitedRev. £39.7m · Profit £6.5m
- Tentec LimitedRev. £11.8m · Profit £484k
- Manufacturing Service Solutions LimitedRev. £9.3m · Profit −£242k
- Maziak Compressor Services LimitedRev. £6.3m · Profit £272k
- Kingsdown Compressed Air Systems (Holdings) LimitedRev. £0 · Profit −£1.5m
- Ace Air (Ni) LtdFigures not disclosed
- Ae Industrial & Air Equipment LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
- Anglian Compressors Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Beaconmedaes LtdFigures not disclosed
- Edwards LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Kinder-Janes Engineers LimitedFigures not disclosed
- MSS Nitrogen LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Northern Compressed Air LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Pneumatic Services LimitedFigures 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 31 Dec 2025 (profit £714k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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