Altron Communications Equipment Limited
Registered name: ALTRON COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT LIMITED
Part of Altron Manufacturing and Engineering Limited groupAltron Communications Equipment Limited made £6.7m revenue and a £15.2k loss in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Altron Communications Equipment Limited’s revenue fell 10% to £6.7m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with a loss of £15.2k and 76 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures” and is based in Ammanford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ammanford, Wales
- 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 | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £7m | £7.4m | £7.4m | £6.7m |
| Cost of sales | £4.9m | £5m | £5.1m | £4.6m |
| Gross profit | £2m | £2.4m | £2.4m | £2.1m |
| Operating profit | £114k | £225k | £124k | −£73.6k |
| Profit before tax | £120k | £285k | £234k | −£6.1k |
| Profit after tax | £96.5k | £221k | £185k | −£15.2k |
| Profit (best available) | £96.5k | £221k | £185k | −£15.2k |
| Staff costs | £2.4m | £2.5m | £3m | £2.8m |
| Employees (average) | 76 | 78 | 78 | 76 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.4% | 3% | 2.5% | −0.2% |
| Gross margin | 29.3% | 31.9% | 31.9% | 30.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £91.9k | £94.5k | £95.3k | £87.8k |
| Profit per employee | £1.3k | £2.8k | £2.4k | −£200 |
| Cash conversion | — | — | −608.3% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲5.5% | ▲0.8% | ▼10.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲129.6% | ▼16.4% | ▼108.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2.6% | 0% | ▼2.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2m | £2.3m | £2.2m | £1.8m |
| Net assets | £4.8m | £5m | £6.6m | £6.3m |
| Fixed assets | £1.8m | £1.7m | £3.7m | £3.6m |
| Current assets | £4.4m | £4.8m | £4.8m | £4.3m |
| Debtors | £1.3m | £1.3m | £1.3m | £1.4m |
| Deferred income | £286k | £365k | £543k | £440k |
| Cash from operations | — | — | −£754k | £193k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 30.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £87.8k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£200
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 54%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 6.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 21.5%
- 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
- ▼3%
- Now £6.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼21%
- Now £1.8m
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 76
- Deferred income
- ▼19%
- Now £440k
- Fixed assets
- ▼4%
- Now £3.6m
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
- Altron Manufacturing and Engineering Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Altron Communications Equipment Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Swelco Eighty LimitedFigures 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 30 Jun 2025 (profit −£15.2k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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