Alco Hi-Tek Limited
Registered name: ALCO HI-TEK LIMITED
Part of Alco Valves Holdings Limited groupAlco Hi-Tek Limited made £4.8m revenue and £844k profit in the year to 27 Feb 2025. read from filing text
Alco Hi-Tek Limited’s revenue grew 60% to £4.8m in the year to 27 Feb 2025, with £844k profit and 22 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of taps and valves” 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) | — | — | £3m | £4.8m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £2.2m | £3m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £852k | £1.8m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £106k | £852k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £106k | £844k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £106k | £844k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £106k | £844k |
| Employees (average) | 7 | 15 | 23 | 22 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 3.5% | 17.5% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 28.2% | 37.6% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £131k | £220k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £4.6k | £38.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲59.8% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲696.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▲53.3% | ▼4.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £17.6k | £255k | £125k | £281k |
| Net assets | £373k | £741k | £847k | £466k |
| Current assets | £1m | £1.7m | £1.9m | £3m |
| Debtors | £132 | £425k | £801k | £1.8m |
| Deferred income | — | — | £12.6k | £48.3k |
| 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
- 17.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 37.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £220k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £38.4k
- 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
- 1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 37.3%
- 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
- ▼45%
- Now £466k
- Cash at bank
- ▲124%
- Now £281k
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 22
- Deferred income
- ▲284%
- Now £48.3k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Alco Valves Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Alco Hi-Tek Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Alco Valves LimitedRev. £1.9m · Profit £144k
- 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).
Similar profitable businesses
- Sun Hydraulics LimitedLondon · Manufacture of taps and valves
- Revenue
- £6.2m
- Profit
- £394k
- Staff
- —
- Brooksbank Valves LimitedKeighley · Manufacture of taps and valves
- Revenue
- £8.5m
- Profit
- £506k
- Staff
- 59
- Oliver Twinsafe Valves LimitedKnutsford · Manufacture of taps and valves
- Revenue
- £9.5m
- Profit
- £1m
- Staff
- 32
- Billi UK LimitedWolverhampton · Manufacture of taps and valves
- Revenue
- £9.6m
- Profit
- £1.3m
- Staff
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- Sabre Instrument Valves LimitedBrighouse · Manufacture of taps and valves
- Revenue
- £1.7m
- Profit
- £331k
- Staff
- 7
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 27 Feb 2025 (profit £844k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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