Al-Ko Kober Limited
Registered name: AL-KO KOBER LIMITED
Part of Alois Kober Gmbh groupAl-Ko Kober Limited made £60.7m revenue and £4.2m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Al-Ko Kober Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £60.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £4.2m profit and 131 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other transport equipment” and is based in Southam; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Southam, West Midlands
- Age
- 75 yrs · since 1951
- 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: “AL-KO Kober Holdings Limited”
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 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £91.5m | £60.1m | £60.7m |
| Cost of sales | £67.6m | £45.1m | £44.8m |
| Gross profit | £23.9m | £15m | £15.9m |
| Operating profit | £8.5m | £3.3m | £5.5m |
| Profit before tax | £8.5m | £3.4m | £6m |
| Profit after tax | £6.2m | £2.2m | £4.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £6.2m | £2.2m | £4.2m |
| Staff costs | £9.1m | £6.9m | £6.8m |
| Employees (average) | 204 | 141 | 131 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 6.8% | 3.6% | 6.9% |
| Gross margin | 26.1% | 24.9% | 26.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £449k | £426k | £463k |
| Profit per employee | £30.5k | £15.3k | £31.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼34.4% | ▲1.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼65.2% | ▲93.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼30.9% | ▼7.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £2.7m | £3.2m | £355k |
| Net assets | £23m | £25.1m | £29.3m |
| Fixed assets | £14.9m | £12.7m | £9.1m |
| Current assets | £42.9m | £42.3m | £48.7m |
| Debtors | £16.5m | £10.9m | £11.5m |
| Deferred income | £1.1m | £169k | £91k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 26.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £463k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £31.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 15%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 19%
- 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
- ▲17%
- Now £29.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼89%
- Now £355k
- Headcount
- ▼7%
- Now 131
- Deferred income
- ▼46%
- Now £91k
- Fixed assets
- ▼28%
- Now £9.1m
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
- Alois Kober Gmbh (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Al-Ko Kober Holdings Limited75–100%
- Al-Ko Kober Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Bankside Patterson LimitedLiquidationFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £4.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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