Alco Filters (UK) Limited
Registered name: ALCO FILTERS (UK) LIMITED
Alco Filters (UK) Limited made £1.3m revenue and £57.9k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Alco Filters (UK) Limited’s revenue fell 2% to £1.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £57.9k profit and 7 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories” and is based in Daventry; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Daventry, East Midlands
- Age
- 32 yrs · since 1994
- 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: “ALCO Filters Cyprus Ltd (incorporated in Cyprus) is the parent company. A. Louca (Ependysis) Limited is regarded by the directors as being the company's ultimate parent company.”
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 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.3m | £1.4m | £1.3m | £1.3m |
| Cost of sales | £830k | £889k | £844k | £824k |
| Gross profit | £466k | £465k | £461k | £453k |
| Operating profit | £124k | £84.1k | £71.6k | £79.1k |
| Profit before tax | £124k | £84k | £71.6k | £78.8k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | — | £57.9k |
| Profit (best available) | £124k | £84k | £71.6k | £57.9k |
| Staff costs | £134k | £152k | £160k | £162k |
| Employees (average) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 9.6% | 6.2% | 5.5% | 4.5% |
| Gross margin | 36% | 34.4% | 35.3% | 35.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £216k | £226k | £218k | £182k |
| Profit per employee | £20.6k | £14k | £11.9k | £8.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲4.5% | ▼3.6% | ▼2.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼32.2% | ▼14.7% | ▼19.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | ▲16.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £59k | £62.1k | £91.8k | £130k |
| Net assets | £690k | £753k | £788k | £1m |
| Debtors | — | £281k | £231k | £216k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 35.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £182k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £8.3k
- 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
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 16.9%
- 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
- ▲28%
- Now £1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲42%
- Now £130k
- Headcount
- ▲17%
- Now 7
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £57.9k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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