Altera Healthcare (IT) UK Ltd
Registered name: ALTERA HEALTHCARE (IT) UK LTD
Altera Healthcare (IT) UK Ltd made £18.5m revenue and £4.5m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Altera Healthcare (IT) UK Ltd’s revenue grew 11% to £18.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £4.5m profit and 73 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of computers, computer peripheral equipment and software” and is based in Birmingham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Birmingham, West Midlands
- Age
- 15 yrs · since 2011
- 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 immediate parent undertaking is”
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) | £16.4m | £16m | £16.7m | £18.5m |
| Cost of sales | £7.1m | £6.1m | £5.8m | £6.7m |
| Gross profit | £9.3m | £9.9m | £10.9m | £11.9m |
| Operating profit | £1.7m | £3.6m | £381k | £5.3m |
| Profit before tax | £1.2m | £3.1m | −£205k | £4.7m |
| Profit after tax | £929k | £3.1m | −£205k | £4.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £929k | £3.1m | −£205k | £4.5m |
| Staff costs | £8.5m | £6.3m | £6.6m | £6.9m |
| Employees (average) | 66 | 61 | 65 | 73 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.7% | 19.4% | −1.2% | 24.1% |
| Gross margin | 56.8% | 61.7% | 65.5% | 64% |
| Revenue per employee | £248k | £263k | £257k | £254k |
| Profit per employee | £14.1k | £51.1k | −£3.2k | £61.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼2% | ▲4.2% | ▲10.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲235.7% | ▼106.6% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼7.6% | ▲6.6% | ▲12.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £9m | £2.2m | £4m | £1.5m |
| Net assets | −£15.7m | −£12.6m | −£11.5m | −£7.1m |
| Fixed assets | £50k | £256k | £194k | £165k |
| Current assets | £16.6m | £12.9m | £15.4m | £21.4m |
| Debtors | £1.8m | £1.2m | £1.6m | £3.4m |
| Deferred income | £14.5m | £10.2m | £5.7m | £6.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 24.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 64%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £254k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £61.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 33.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 18.4%
- 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
- —
- Now −£7.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼63%
- Now £1.5m
- Headcount
- ▲12%
- Now 73
- Deferred income
- ▲9%
- Now £6.2m
- Fixed assets
- ▼15%
- Now £165k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £4.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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