Alco Valves Limited
Registered name: ALCO VALVES LIMITED
Part of Alco Valves Holdings Limited groupAlco Valves Limited made £1.9m revenue and £144k profit in the year to 27 Feb 2025. read from filing text
Alco Valves Limited’s revenue fell 19% to £1.9m in the year to 27 Feb 2025, with £144k profit and 15 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other fabricated metal products” and is based in Brighouse; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Brighouse, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 6 yrs · since 2020
- 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 | 27 Feb 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) | — | — | £2.4m | £1.9m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £1.3m | £1.2m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £1.1m | £699k |
| Operating profit | — | — | £377k | £151k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £377k | £144k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £417k | £144k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £417k | £144k |
| Employees (average) | 15 | 17 | 12 | 15 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 17.5% | 7.4% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 47.1% | 36.3% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £198k | £129k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £34.7k | £9.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▼19% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼65.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▼29.4% | ▲25% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £176k | £155k | £95.9k | £65.4k |
| Net assets | £230k | £537k | £954k | £506k |
| Fixed assets | £53.2k | £34.9k | £37.4k | £27.9k |
| Current assets | £1.3m | £1.6m | £1.4m | £810k |
| Debtors | £48k | £347k | £467k | £300k |
| 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
- 7.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 36.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £129k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £9.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 15.6%
- 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
- ▼47%
- Now £506k
- Cash at bank
- ▼32%
- Now £65.4k
- Headcount
- ▲25%
- Now 15
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼25%
- Now £27.9k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Alco Valves Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Alco 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
- Sabre Instrument Valves LimitedRev. £1.7m · Profit £331k
- 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 £144k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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