Aerco Limited
Registered name: AERCO LIMITED
Part of Aerco (Holdings) Limited groupAerco Limited made £23.6m revenue and £1.3m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026. read from filing text
Aerco Limited’s revenue grew 28% to £23.6m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with £1.3m profit and 62 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of electronic and telecommunications equipment and parts” and is based in Horsham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Horsham, South East
- Age
- 70 yrs · since 1956
- 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: “The company's ultimate and immediate parent company is AERCO (Holdings) Limited, a company ultimately controlled by Mr R Laughton.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15.8m | £16.7m | £18.5m | £23.6m |
| Cost of sales | £11m | £11.6m | £13.1m | £16.6m |
| Gross profit | £4.8m | £5.1m | £5.4m | £7m |
| Operating profit | £1.5m | £834k | £912k | £1.7m |
| Profit before tax | £1.5m | £811k | £895k | £1.7m |
| Profit after tax | £1.2m | £623k | £667k | £1.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.2m | £623k | £667k | £1.3m |
| Staff costs | £2.1m | £2.4m | £2.6m | £3.1m |
| Employees (average) | 52 | 57 | 63 | 62 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 7.6% | 3.7% | 3.6% | 5.4% |
| Gross margin | 30.5% | 30.6% | 29.2% | 29.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £304k | £294k | £293k | £380k |
| Profit per employee | £23k | £10.9k | £10.6k | £20.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲5.7% | ▲10.3% | ▲27.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼48% | ▲7% | ▲89.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲9.6% | ▲10.5% | ▼1.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £264k | £150k | £70.2k | £57.5k |
| Net assets | £4.1m | £3.5m | £3.5m | £4.1m |
| Current assets | £9.4m | £9.3m | £9.6m | £10.6m |
| Debtors | £2.8m | £2.9m | £3.4m | £3.9m |
| Deferred income | £131k | £301k | £121k | £174k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 29.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £380k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £20.4k
- 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
- 0.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 16.4%
- 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
- ▲17%
- Now £4.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼18%
- Now £57.5k
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 62
- Deferred income
- ▲43%
- Now £174k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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
- Aerco (Holdings) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Aerco Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Aerco 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 Mar 2026 (profit £1.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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