Avk UK Limited
Registered name: AVK UK LIMITED
Avk UK Limited made £49.2m revenue and £2.1m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Avk UK Limited’s revenue was £49.2m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £2.1m profit and 75 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of basic iron and steel and of ferro-alloys” and is based in Chesterfield; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chesterfield, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 42 yrs · since 1984
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £36.7m | £44.9m | £49.1m | £49.2m |
| Cost of sales | £31.3m | £36.9m | −£37.6m | −£37.6m |
| Gross profit | £5.4m | £8m | £11.5m | £11.6m |
| Operating profit | −£446k | £1.3m | £3.2m | £2.7m |
| Profit before tax | −£527k | £1.2m | £3.2m | £2.8m |
| Profit after tax | −£398k | £882k | £2.4m | £2.1m |
| Profit (best available) | −£398k | £882k | £2.4m | £2.1m |
| Staff costs | £4.3m | £4.6m | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 67 | 65 | 66 | 75 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −1.1% | 2% | 4.9% | 4.3% |
| Gross margin | 14.7% | 17.7% | 23.4% | 23.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £548k | £690k | £744k | £656k |
| Profit per employee | −£5.9k | £13.6k | £36.2k | £27.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲22.1% | ▲9.5% | ▲0.2% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲170.7% | ▼12.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼3% | ▲1.5% | ▲13.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £993 | £258k | — | — |
| Net assets | £2.7m | £3.6m | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £598k | £683k | — | — |
| Current assets | £13.9m | £14.1m | — | — |
| Debtors | £6.6m | £7.4m | — | — |
| Deferred income | −£300k | £0 | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 23.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £656k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £27.9k
- 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
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲14%
- Now 75
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £2.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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