Altitude Services Limited
Registered name: ALTITUDE SERVICES LIMITED
Altitude Services Limited made £18.6m revenue and £1m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026.
Altitude Services Limited’s revenue grew 14% to £18.6m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with £1m profit and 84 employees. The company is classified under “electrical installation” and is based in Burnley; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Burnley, North West
- Age
- 29 yrs · since 1997
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £11.5m | £14.2m | £16.3m | £18.6m |
| Cost of sales | £8.2m | £9.9m | £11.1m | £11.9m |
| Gross profit | £3.3m | £4.4m | £5.3m | £6.7m |
| Operating profit | £685k | £1.2m | £1.4m | £1.5m |
| Profit before tax | £608k | £1.1m | £1.3m | £1.4m |
| Profit after tax | £608k | £775k | £951k | £1m |
| Profit (best available) | £608k | £775k | £951k | £1m |
| Staff costs | £2.6m | £3.1m | £3.2m | £3.9m |
| Employees (average) | 63 | 73 | 76 | 84 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.3% | 5.5% | 5.8% | 5.5% |
| Gross margin | 28.9% | 30.6% | 32.2% | 35.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £182k | £195k | £215k | £221k |
| Profit per employee | £9.6k | £10.6k | £12.5k | £12.1k |
| Cash conversion | 197.6% | 152.1% | 92.7% | 148.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲24.1% | ▲14.6% | ▲14% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲27.6% | ▲22.6% | ▲6.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲15.9% | ▲4.1% | ▲10.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £224k | £858k | £695k | £939k |
| Net assets | £2.1m | £2.6m | £3.4m | £4.3m |
| Fixed assets | £2.4m | £3.3m | £3.7m | £3.9m |
| Current assets | £2.6m | £3.3m | £4.6m | £5.2m |
| Debtors | £1.6m | £1.5m | £2.4m | £2.7m |
| Deferred income | £2.6k | £8.8k | £15.8k | £18.6k |
| Cash from operations | £1.4m | £1.8m | £1.3m | £2.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 35.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £221k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £12.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 148.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 21.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.8%
- 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
- ▲25%
- Now £4.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲35%
- Now £939k
- Headcount
- ▲11%
- Now 84
- Deferred income
- ▲17%
- Now £18.6k
- Fixed assets
- ▲6%
- Now £3.9m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Level Training Academy 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 Mar 2026 (profit £1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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