Advanced Technology Ventures (UK) Ltd
Registered name: ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY VENTURES (UK) LTD
Part of Avr Photonics Group Limited groupAdvanced Technology Ventures (UK) Ltd made £1.8m revenue and £1.1m profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
Advanced Technology Ventures (UK) Ltd’s revenue fell 3% to £1.8m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £1.1m profit and 9 employees. The company is classified under “combined office administrative service activities” and is based in Huntingdon; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Huntingdon, East of England
- Age
- 18 yrs · since 2008
- 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: “AVR Photonics Group Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £2m | £2m | £1.9m | £1.8m |
| Gross profit | £2m | £2m | £1.9m | £1.8m |
| Operating profit | £352k | £233k | £354k | £368k |
| Profit before tax | £765k | £1.2m | £721k | £1.1m |
| Profit after tax | £681k | £1.1m | £629k | £1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £681k | £1.1m | £629k | £1.1m |
| Staff costs | £897k | £1.1m | £840k | £874k |
| Employees (average) | — | 8 | 6 | 9 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 33.8% | 55.4% | 33.4% | 57.5% |
| Gross margin | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £256k | £314k | £203k |
| Profit per employee | — | £142k | £105k | £117k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲1.7% | ▼8.2% | ▼2.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲66.5% | ▼44.6% | ▲67.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▼25% | ▲50% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £261k | £175k | £17.3k | £40.6k |
| Net assets | £4.5m | £3.6m | £3.5m | £3.2m |
| Current assets | £3.2m | £2.4m | £2.1m | £2m |
| Debtors | £2.9m | £2.3m | £2.1m | £1.9m |
| Deferred income | £11.9k | £4.9k | £4.8k | £7.6k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 57.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 100%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £203k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £117k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 106%
- 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
- ▼8%
- Now £3.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲134%
- Now £40.6k
- Headcount
- ▲50%
- Now 9
- Deferred income
- ▲58%
- Now £7.6k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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
- Avr Photonics Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Advanced Technology Ventures (UK) Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Laser 2000 (UK) 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 Aug 2025 (profit £1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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