Avl United Kingdom Limited
Registered name: AVL UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED
Part of Avl List Gmbh groupAvl United Kingdom Limited made £42.7m revenue and £658k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Avl United Kingdom Limited’s revenue fell 35% to £42.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £658k profit and 160 employees. The company is classified under “engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities” and is based in Hartlebury; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hartlebury, West Midlands
- Age
- 54 yrs · since 1972
- 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 share capital is owned by AVL UK Holdings Limited, a company registered in England and Wales. The ultimate holding company is AVL List Capital and Consulting GmbH, a company registered in Austria.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £84.1m | £65.6m | £42.7m |
| Cost of sales | £76.2m | £55.6m | £38.2m |
| Gross profit | £7.9m | £10m | £4.5m |
| Operating profit | £1.8m | £3.6m | £377k |
| Profit before tax | £2.7m | £4.5m | £879k |
| Profit after tax | £2.1m | £3.4m | £658k |
| Profit (best available) | £2.1m | £3.4m | £658k |
| Staff costs | £12.3m | £14.3m | £12.7m |
| Employees (average) | 164 | 172 | 160 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 2.5% | 5.2% | 1.5% |
| Gross margin | 9.4% | 15.2% | 10.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £513k | £381k | £267k |
| Profit per employee | £12.6k | £19.8k | £4.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼22% | ▼34.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲64.7% | ▼80.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.9% | ▼7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £450k | £6.2m | £441k |
| Net assets | £10.2m | £8.1m | £8.8m |
| Fixed assets | £665k | £815k | £721k |
| Current assets | £49m | £26.9m | £24.8m |
| Debtors | £15.4m | £8.5m | £7.9m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 10.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £267k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 18.6%
- 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
- ▲8%
- Now £8.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▼93%
- Now £441k
- Headcount
- ▼7%
- Now 160
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼12%
- Now £721k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Avl List Gmbh (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Avl UK Holdings Limited75–100%
- Avl United Kingdom Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Avl Powertrain UK LimitedRev. £48.2m · Profit £6.5m
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 £658k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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