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Company No. 01067795 · Incorporated 24 Aug 1972

Avl United Kingdom Limited

Registered name: AVL UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED

Part of Avl List Gmbh group

Avl 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.

Full P&L filedSection M · Professional, scientific and technical activitiesSIC 71122Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities
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.”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2025

Key figures

Capital-light
Revenue
£42.7m
Growth ▼34.9%
Profit
£658k
Growth ▼80.7%
Profit margin
1.5%
Gross 10.5%
Employees
160
Change ▼7%
Profit / employee
£4.1k
Revenue/employee £267k
Profitable streak
3yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

3 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202331 Dec 202431 Dec 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull 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)164172160
Ratios
Profit margin2.5%5.2%1.5%
Gross margin9.4%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
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026
Derived from the latest filing

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.
Indirect — not revenue

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
Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Avl List Gmbh (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
  2. Avl UK Holdings Limited75–100%
  3. Avl United Kingdom Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Sister companies (1)

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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