Atlas Cranes UK Limited
Registered name: ATLAS CRANES UK LIMITED
Atlas Cranes UK Limited made £15.3m revenue and £522k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Atlas Cranes UK Limited’s revenue fell 31% to £15.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £522k profit and 61 employees. The company is classified under “repair of other equipment” and is based in Glasgow; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Glasgow, Scotland
- Age
- 63 yrs · since 1963
- 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 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £20.3m | £22.3m | £15.3m |
| Cost of sales | £18m | £20m | £13.7m |
| Gross profit | £2.3m | £2.3m | £1.6m |
| Operating profit | £1.1m | £908k | £205k |
| Profit before tax | £1.5m | £1.2m | £728k |
| Profit after tax | £1.2m | £971k | £522k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.2m | £971k | £522k |
| Employees (average) | 67 | 70 | 61 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 6.1% | 4.3% | 3.4% |
| Gross margin | 11.2% | 10.3% | 10.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £303k | £319k | £251k |
| Profit per employee | £18.5k | £13.9k | £8.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲10.1% | ▼31.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼21.7% | ▼46.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.5% | ▼12.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £6.9m | £6.2m | £5.1m |
| Net assets | £23m | £24m | £24.5m |
| Fixed assets | £353k | £228k | £307k |
| Current assets | £25.9m | £27.1m | £27m |
| Debtors | £6.1m | £4.5m | £4.6m |
| Deferred income | £362k | £300k | £347k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 10.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £251k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £8.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 30%
- 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
- ▲2%
- Now £24.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼18%
- Now £5.1m
- Headcount
- ▼13%
- Now 61
- Deferred income
- ▲16%
- Now £347k
- Fixed assets
- ▲35%
- Now £307k
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 2024 (profit £522k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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