Adtran Europe Limited
Registered name: ADTRAN EUROPE LIMITED
Part of Adtran Inc groupAdtran Europe Limited made £84.7m revenue and £2.1m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Adtran Europe Limited’s revenue fell 6% to £84.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £2.1m profit and 32 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of electronic and telecommunications equipment and parts” and is based in Basingstoke; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Basingstoke, South East
- Age
- 21 yrs · since 2004
- 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: “Adtran Inc”
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 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £101m | £90.1m | £84.7m |
| Cost of sales | £92.5m | £80.3m | £76.4m |
| Gross profit | £8.7m | £9.8m | £8.2m |
| Operating profit | £3m | £2.7m | £2.5m |
| Profit before tax | £3m | £2.9m | £2.8m |
| Profit after tax | £2.4m | £2.2m | £2.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.4m | £2.2m | £2.1m |
| Staff costs | £4m | £5.3m | £4.2m |
| Employees (average) | 32 | 40 | 32 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 2.4% | 2.5% | 2.5% |
| Gross margin | 8.6% | 10.9% | 9.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £3.2m | £2.3m | £2.6m |
| Profit per employee | £75.4k | £55.2k | £66.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼11% | ▼6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼8.4% | ▼3.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲25% | ▼20% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £7.9m | £10.8m | £6.7m |
| Net assets | £5.3m | £7.6m | £9.8m |
| Fixed assets | £40.4k | £32.2k | £33.9k |
| Current assets | £39.4m | £41.5m | £28.2m |
| Debtors | £26.3m | £27.2m | £18.6m |
| Deferred income | £6.5m | £9.1m | £7.4m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 9.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £2.6m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £66.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 8.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 21.9%
- 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
- ▲29%
- Now £9.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▼38%
- Now £6.7m
- Headcount
- ▼20%
- Now 32
- Deferred income
- ▼18%
- Now £7.4m
- Fixed assets
- ▲5%
- Now £33.9k
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
- Adtran Inc (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Adtran Europe 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 Dec 2024 (profit £2.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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