E.t.s. Portsmouth Limited
Registered name: E.T.S. PORTSMOUTH LIMITED
Part of Addtech Ab groupE.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.
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full 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) | 32 | 35 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 10.5% | 12.6% |
| Gross margin | 32.8% | 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 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 |
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.
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.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Addtech Ab (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- 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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