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Company No. 04717223 · Incorporated 31 Mar 2003

Aga Print Ltd.

Registered name: AGA PRINT LTD.

Part of Op UK Bidco Limited group

Aga Print Ltd. made £35.8m revenue and £2.7m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2023.

Aga Print Ltd.’s revenue grew 12% to £35.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2023, with £2.7m profit and 225 employees. The company is classified under “printing” and is based in Southend on Sea; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection C · ManufacturingSIC 18129Printing n.e.c.
Status
Active
Location
Southend on Sea, East of England
Age
23 yrs · since 2003
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. From the filing: “As at yearend the immediate parent company was ASAP Print Limited, owned by OP UK Bidco Ltd, both of which are companies registered in England and Wales. OP UK Bidco Limited is owned and controlled by”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2023

Key figures

Operating leverage
Revenue
£35.8m
Growth ▲11.7%
Profit
£2.7m
Growth ▲352.4%
Profit margin
7.6%
Gross 36.9%
Employees
225
Change ▲13.6%
Profit / employee
£12.1k
Revenue/employee £159k
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.

3 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202131 Dec 202231 Dec 2023
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£21.7m£32m£35.8m
Cost of sales£14.1m£21.5m£22.6m
Gross profit£7.6m£10.5m£13.2m
Operating profit£295k£1m£3.5m
Profit before tax£260k£859k£3.2m
Profit after tax−£12.1k£602k£2.7m
Profit (best available)−£12.1k£602k£2.7m
Employees (average)163198225
Ratios
Profit margin−0.1%1.9%7.6%
Gross margin35.1%32.7%36.9%
Revenue per employee£133k£162k£159k
Profit per employee−£74£3k£12.1k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲47.6%▲11.7%
Profit growth——▲352.4%
Headcount growth—▲21.5%▲13.6%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£1.5m£1.2m£1.9m
Net assets£2.7m£3.3m£6.1m
Fixed assets£1.3m£5.9m£13.9m
Current assets£7.7m£16.1m£4.8m
Debtors£283k£394k£320k
Deferred income£597k£515k£554k
SourceAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
7.6%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
36.9%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£159k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£12.1k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
38.8%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
1.6%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
0.9%
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
▲86%
Now £6.1m
Cash at bank
▲57%
Now £1.9m
Headcount
▲14%
Now 225
Deferred income
▲8%
Now £554k
Fixed assets
▲137%
Now £13.9m

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. Op UK Bidco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Aga Print Ltd.this company

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

Sister companies (1)

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 £2.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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