Alvis Brothers Limited
Registered name: ALVIS BROTHERS LIMITED
Alvis Brothers Limited made £20.3m revenue and a £2.9m loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Alvis Brothers Limited’s revenue fell 24% to £20.3m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £2.9m and 117 employees. The company is classified under “raising of dairy cattle” and is based in Bristol; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bristol, South West
- Age
- 74 yrs · since 1951
- 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £32.4m | £33.8m | £26.9m | £20.3m |
| Cost of sales | £24.5m | £25.9m | £20.8m | — |
| Gross profit | £8m | £8m | £6m | — |
| Operating profit | £718k | £77k | −£1.9m | −£2.3m |
| Profit before tax | £432k | −£159k | −£2.5m | −£3.2m |
| Profit after tax | £412k | £89.5k | −£2.1m | −£2.9m |
| Profit (best available) | £412k | £89.5k | −£2.1m | −£2.9m |
| Staff costs | £4.6m | £4.7m | £4.9m | £3.8m |
| Employees (average) | 137 | 122 | 184 | 117 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.3% | 0.3% | −8% | −14.4% |
| Gross margin | 24.6% | 23.5% | 22.5% | — |
| Revenue per employee | £237k | £277k | £146k | £174k |
| Profit per employee | £3k | £734 | −£11.6k | −£25.1k |
| Cash conversion | −329.4% | 1641% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲4.3% | ▼20.5% | ▼24.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼78.2% | ▼2489% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼10.9% | ▲50.8% | ▼36.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.7m | £1.8m | £204k | £9.4k |
| Net assets | £22.8m | £22.9m | £20.8m | £17.9m |
| Fixed assets | £24.7m | £24.9m | £24.8m | £24.7m |
| Current assets | £21.3m | £24.1m | £18.2m | £11.6m |
| Debtors | £4.2m | £4.3m | £2.6m | £2.3m |
| Deferred income | £396k | £334k | £407k | £496k |
| Cash from operations | −£2.4m | £1.3m | £880k | −£3.5m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −14.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £174k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£25.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 121.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11.4%
- 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
- ▼14%
- Now £17.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▼95%
- Now £9.4k
- Headcount
- ▼36%
- Now 117
- Deferred income
- ▲22%
- Now £496k
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £24.7m
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 Mar 2025 (profit −£2.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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