Astor-Bannerman (Medical) Limited
Registered name: ASTOR-BANNERMAN (MEDICAL) LIMITED
Part of Astor-Bannerman Management Topco Limited groupAstor-Bannerman (Medical) Limited made £15m revenue and £824k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Astor-Bannerman (Medical) Limited’s revenue fell 2% to £15m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £824k profit and 122 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other special-purpose machinery” and is based in Cheltenham; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cheltenham, South West
- Age
- 33 yrs · since 1993
- 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 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15.2m | £15m |
| Cost of sales | £10.1m | £10.1m |
| Gross profit | £5.1m | £4.9m |
| Operating profit | £1.4m | £951k |
| Profit before tax | £1.4m | £918k |
| Profit after tax | £1.1m | £824k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.1m | £824k |
| Staff costs | £4.5m | £4.8m |
| Employees (average) | 113 | 122 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 7.4% | 5.5% |
| Gross margin | 33.5% | 32.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £135k | £123k |
| Profit per employee | £10k | £6.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼1.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼27.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £1.4m | £1.7m |
| Net assets | £3.1m | £3.4m |
| Fixed assets | £928k | £1.1m |
| Current assets | £6.1m | £7.3m |
| Debtors | £2.2m | £2.8m |
| Deferred income | £1.2m | £1.5m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 32.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £123k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 7.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 10.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 18.8%
- 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
- ▲10%
- Now £3.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲25%
- Now £1.7m
- Headcount
- ▲8%
- Now 122
- Deferred income
- ▲25%
- Now £1.5m
- Fixed assets
- ▲15%
- Now £1.1m
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
- Astor-Bannerman Management Topco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Astor-Bannerman (Medical) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Hygienic Handles LtdFigures not disclosed
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 £824k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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