Alucast Limited
Registered name: ALUCAST LIMITED
Alucast Limited made £282k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026 (revenue not disclosed).
Alucast Limited reported £282k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026, down 44% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 103 employees. The company is classified under “casting of light metals” and is based in West Midlands; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- West Midlands, West Midlands
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2003
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — |
| Cost of sales | £5.6m | £5.5m |
| Profit before tax | £683k | £388k |
| Profit after tax | £499k | £282k |
| Profit (best available) | £499k | £282k |
| Staff costs | £3.4m | £3.3m |
| Employees (average) | 111 | 103 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £4.5k | £2.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Profit growth | — | ▼43.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼7.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £1.8m | £1.6m |
| Net assets | £4.7m | £4.7m |
| Fixed assets | £1.8m | £3.7m |
| Current assets | £5.3m | £5m |
| Debtors | £1.5m | £1.6m |
| Deferred income | £163k | £235k |
| Cash from operations | −£800k | −£781k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.7k
- 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
- —
- 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
- ▲1%
- Now £4.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼14%
- Now £1.6m
- Headcount
- ▼7%
- Now 103
- Deferred income
- ▲45%
- Now £235k
- Fixed assets
- ▲102%
- Now £3.7m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (2)
- Alucast Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Macbeth 24 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 £282k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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