Imet Alloys (Europe) Limited
Registered name: IMET ALLOYS (EUROPE) LIMITED
Part of Imet Alloys Group Limited groupImet Alloys (Europe) Limited made £7.2m revenue and £114k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Imet Alloys (Europe) Limited’s revenue fell 23% to £7.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £114k profit and 26 employees. The company is classified under “recovery of sorted materials” and is based in Livingston; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Livingston, Scotland
- Age
- 11 yrs · since 2015
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £9.3m | £7.2m |
| Cost of sales | −£4.9m | −£5.9m |
| Gross profit | £4.4m | £1.3m |
| Operating profit | £479k | £140k |
| Profit before tax | £370k | £8.7k |
| Profit after tax | £283k | £114k |
| Profit (best available) | £283k | £114k |
| Employees (average) | 15 | 26 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 3% | 1.6% |
| Gross margin | 47.1% | 17.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £619k | £276k |
| Profit per employee | £18.9k | £4.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼22.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼59.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲73.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 17.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £276k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.4k
- 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
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲73%
- Now 26
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Imet Alloys Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Imet Alloys (Europe) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (4)
- Albamet LtdFigures not disclosed
- Imet Alloys LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Imet Processing (Europe) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Imet Tech LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £114k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 12 Oct 2026
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