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Company No. 02280171 · Incorporated 26 Jul 1988

E.t.s. Portsmouth Limited

Registered name: E.T.S. PORTSMOUTH LIMITED

Part of Addtech Ab group

E.t.s. Portsmouth Limited made £31.9m revenue and £4m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.

E.t.s. Portsmouth Limited’s revenue grew 52% to £31.9m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £4m profit and 35 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of other intermediate products” and is based in Chessington; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection G · Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehiclesSIC 46760Wholesale of other intermediate products
Status
Active
Location
Chessington, London
Age
38 yrs · since 1988
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.

Latest accounts · year to 31 Mar 2025

Key figures

Capital-lightOperating leverage
Revenue
£31.9m
Growth ▲52.4%
Profit
£4m
Growth ▲82.4%
Profit margin
12.6%
Gross 31.1%
Employees
35
Change ▲9.4%
Profit / employee
£115k
Revenue/employee £912k
Profitable streak
2yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

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

2 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Mar 202431 Mar 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£20.9m£31.9m
Cost of sales£14.1m£22m
Gross profit£6.9m£9.9m
Operating profit£3m£5.3m
Profit before tax£3m£5.4m
Profit after tax£2.2m£4m
Profit (best available)£2.2m£4m
Staff costs£2.2m£2.5m
Employees (average)3235
Ratios
Profit margin10.5%12.6%
Gross margin32.8%31.1%
Revenue per employee£654k£912k
Profit per employee£68.8k£115k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲52.4%
Profit growth—▲82.4%
Headcount growth—▲9.4%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£2.3m£2.8m
Net assets£6.5m£8.5m
Fixed assets£264k£461k
Current assets£11m£15.2m
Debtors£3.4m£6.9m
Deferred income£519k£750k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
12.6%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
31.1%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£912k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£115k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
1.4%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
2.4%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
21.8%
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
▲31%
Now £8.5m
Cash at bank
▲22%
Now £2.8m
Headcount
▲9%
Now 35
Deferred income
▲44%
Now £750k
Fixed assets
▲75%
Now £461k

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Addtech Ab (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
  2. E.t.s. Portsmouth Limitedthis company

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

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 2025 (profit £4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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