Advanced Maintenance Supplies Limited
Registered name: ADVANCED MAINTENANCE SUPPLIES LIMITED
Part of Descours & Caband Sa groupAdvanced Maintenance Supplies Limited made £39.4m revenue and £2.8m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2023.
Advanced Maintenance Supplies Limited’s revenue grew 23% to £39.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2023, with £2.8m profit and 94 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of other machinery and equipment” and is based in Halesowen; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Halesowen, West Midlands
- Age
- 28 yrs · since 1998
- 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 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £32.1m | £39.4m |
| Cost of sales | £22.7m | £28m |
| Gross profit | £9.4m | £11.4m |
| Profit before tax | £2.8m | £3.6m |
| Profit after tax | £2.3m | £2.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.3m | £2.8m |
| Staff costs | £3.8m | £4.4m |
| Employees (average) | 87 | 94 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 7.1% | 7% |
| Gross margin | 29.3% | 28.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £369k | £419k |
| Profit per employee | £26.1k | £29.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲22.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲21.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲8.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £3m | £1m |
| Net assets | £8.8m | £9.3m |
| Fixed assets | £290k | £1.4m |
| Current assets | £13.8m | £13.7m |
| Debtors | £6.8m | £8.7m |
| Deferred income | £660k | £787k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 28.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £419k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £29.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 22%
- 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
- ▲6%
- Now £9.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼66%
- Now £1m
- Headcount
- ▲8%
- Now 94
- Deferred income
- ▲19%
- Now £787k
- Fixed assets
- ▲399%
- Now £1.4m
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
- Descours & Caband Sa (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Hayley Group Holding Limited75–100%
- Hayley Group Limited75–100%
- Advanced Maintenance Supplies Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (9)
- Bearing Man LimitedRev. £17.3m · Profit £1.5m
- Mercury Holdings (London) LimitedRev. £0 · Profit £675k
- Albion Leasing (West Midlands) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bearing Transmission and Lubricant Supplies LtdFigures not disclosed
- Hayley Bearing Company LtdFigures not disclosed
- Hayley Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Hayley-Dirs LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Swan Industrial Drives LtdFigures not disclosed
- World of Supply LimitedFigures 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 2023 (profit £2.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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