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Company No. 00277871 · Incorporated 15 Jul 1933

Alan Hadley Limited

Registered name: ALAN HADLEY LIMITED

Part of Claude Fenton (Holdings) Limited group

Alan Hadley Limited made £6.3m revenue and a £288k loss in the year to 30 Sep 2025.

Alan Hadley Limited’s revenue grew 2% to £6.3m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with a loss of £288k and 41 employees. The company is classified under “treatment and disposal of non-hazardous waste” and is based in Reading; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection E · Water supply, sewerage and waste managementSIC 38210Treatment and disposal of non-hazardous waste
Status
Active
Location
Reading, South East
Age
93 yrs · since 1933
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: “Claude Fenton (Holdings) Limited”

Latest accounts · year to 30 Sep 2025

Key figures

Doing more with lessBoring industry
Revenue
£6.3m
Growth ▲2.5%
Profit
−£288k
Growth ▼1602%
Profit margin
−4.5%
Gross 18.9%
Employees
41
Change ▼6.8%
Profit / employee
−£7k
Revenue/employee £154k
Profitable streak
0yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to30 Sep 202230 Sep 202330 Sep 202430 Sep 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£5.7m£6.2m£6.2m£6.3m
Cost of sales£4.3m£4.9m£5m£5.1m
Gross profit£1.3m£1.3m£1.2m£1.2m
Operating profit£218k£88k£134k£125k
Profit before tax£161k£2.2k£19.2k£5.9k
Profit after tax£161k−£20.6k£19.2k−£288k
Profit (best available)£161k−£20.6k£19.2k−£288k
Employees (average)39384441
Ratios
Profit margin2.8%−0.3%0.3%−4.5%
Gross margin23.2%21.6%19.2%18.9%
Revenue per employee£145k£164k£140k£154k
Profit per employee£4.1k−£542£435−£7k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲10.3%▼1%▲2.5%
Profit growth—▼112.8%—▼1602%
Headcount growth—▼2.6%▲15.8%▼6.8%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£100£100£100£100
Net assets−£582k−£602k−£583k−£1.1m
Fixed assets£2m£1.6m£1.8m£2.7m
Current assets£773k£887k£889k£904k
Debtors£617k£801k£726k£765k
Deferred income£76.9k£72.8k£51.6k£35.1k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data May 2024FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
−4.5%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
18.9%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£154k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
−£7k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
42.5%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
0.5%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
12.1%
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
—
Now −£1.1m
Cash at bank
0%
Now £100
Headcount
▼7%
Now 41
Deferred income
▼32%
Now £35.1k
Fixed assets
▲49%
Now £2.7m

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. Claude Fenton (Holdings) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Alan Hadley Limitedthis company

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

Sister companies (14)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit −£288k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026

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