Alloway Timber (Southern) Limited
Registered name: ALLOWAY TIMBER (SOUTHERN) LIMITED
Part of Lords Group Trading PLC groupAlloway Timber (Southern) Limited made £11.8m revenue and a £1.3m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2023.
Alloway Timber (Southern) Limited’s revenue fell 7% to £11.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2023, with a loss of £1.3m and 81 employees. The company is classified under “dormant company” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 55 yrs · since 1971
- 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 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £12.6m | £11.8m |
| Cost of sales | £8.5m | £8m |
| Gross profit | £4.1m | £3.8m |
| Operating profit | −£773k | −£1.9m |
| Profit before tax | −£815k | −£1.3m |
| Profit after tax | −£808k | −£1.3m |
| Profit (best available) | −£808k | −£1.3m |
| Staff costs | £2.7m | £2.7m |
| Employees (average) | 65 | 81 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −6.4% | −11.1% |
| Gross margin | 32.6% | 32.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £194k | £145k |
| Profit per employee | −£12.4k | −£16.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼6.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲24.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £79.6k | £0 |
| Net assets | £1.4m | £50k |
| Fixed assets | £390k | £10k |
| Current assets | £3.7m | £50k |
| Debtors | £1m | £0 |
| Deferred income | £168k | £0 |
| Cash from operations | £903k | £894k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −11.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 32.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £145k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£16.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- ▼96%
- Now £50k
- Cash at bank
- ▼100%
- Now £0
- Headcount
- ▲25%
- Now 81
- Deferred income
- ▼100%
- Now £0
- Fixed assets
- ▼97%
- Now £10k
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
- Lords Group Trading PLCultimate parent75–100%
- Lords Builders Merchants Holdings Limited75–100%
- Carboclass Limited75–100%
- Alloway Timber (Southern) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Alloway Timber LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (7)
- Advance Roofing Supplies LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Alloway Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Alloway Properties LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Chiltern Timber Supplies LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Condell LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Hevey Building Supplies LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Putney Builders Merchants LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2023 (profit −£1.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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