Sabre Instrument Valves Limited
Registered name: SABRE INSTRUMENT VALVES LIMITED
Part of Alco Valves Holdings Limited groupSabre Instrument Valves Limited made £1.7m revenue and £331k profit in the year to 27 Feb 2025. read from filing text
Sabre Instrument Valves Limited’s revenue grew 42% to £1.7m in the year to 27 Feb 2025, with £331k profit and 7 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of taps and valves” and is based in Brighouse; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Brighouse, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 34 yrs · since 1991
- 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: “The ultimate parent company is Alco Valves Holdings Limited, a company registered in England and Wales.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 May 2022 | 27 Feb 2023 | 27 Feb 2024 | 27 Feb 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £1.2m | £1.7m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £875k | £1m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £328k | £693k |
| Operating profit | — | — | £36.6k | £339k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £36.6k | £331k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £36.6k | £331k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £36.6k | £331k |
| Employees (average) | 25 | 17 | 11 | 7 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 3% | 19.4% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 27.3% | 40.6% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £109k | £244k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £3.3k | £47.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲41.7% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲805.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | — | ▼36.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £68.7k | £74.3k | £58.4k | £42.3k |
| Net assets | −£9.2k | £80.7k | £117k | £448k |
| Fixed assets | £6.1k | £5k | £12.3k | £8.8k |
| Current assets | £1m | £1.5m | £738k | £709k |
| Debtors | £221k | £267k | £335k | £249k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 19.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 40.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £244k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £47.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.6%
- 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
- ▲282%
- Now £448k
- Cash at bank
- ▼27%
- Now £42.3k
- Headcount
- ▼36%
- Now 7
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼29%
- Now £8.8k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Alco Valves Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Sabre Instrument Valves Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Alco Hi-Tek LimitedRev. £4.8m · Profit £844k
- Alco Valves LimitedRev. £1.9m · Profit £144k
- Alco Valves Group LimitedRev. — · Profit £64.4k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 27 Feb 2025 (profit £331k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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