Alfred Bagnall & Sons (East Midlands) Limited
Registered name: ALFRED BAGNALL & SONS (EAST MIDLANDS) LIMITED
Part of Alfred Bagnall and Sons Limited groupAlfred Bagnall & Sons (East Midlands) Limited made £8.6m revenue and £516k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Alfred Bagnall & Sons (East Midlands) Limited’s revenue grew 4% to £8.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £516k profit and 84 employees. The company is classified under “painting” and is based in Cleckheaton; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cleckheaton, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 54 yrs · since 1972
- 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: “The company is controlled by Alfred Bagnall and Sons Limited, the ultimate parent company, registered in England and Wales. There is no ultimate individual controlling party.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £8.3m | £8.6m |
| Cost of sales | £4.9m | £5.4m |
| Gross profit | £3.4m | £3.3m |
| Profit before tax | £786k | £579k |
| Profit after tax | £620k | £516k |
| Profit (best available) | £620k | £516k |
| Employees (average) | 85 | 84 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 7.4% | 6% |
| Gross margin | 40.7% | 37.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £98.2k | £103k |
| Profit per employee | £7.3k | £6.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲3.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼16.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼1.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £324k | £353k |
| Net assets | £985k | £766k |
| Fixed assets | £324k | £478k |
| Current assets | £3m | £2.4m |
| Debtors | £1m | £850k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 37.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £103k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 9.8%
- 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
- ▼22%
- Now £766k
- Cash at bank
- ▲9%
- Now £353k
- Headcount
- ▼1%
- Now 84
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲48%
- Now £478k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Alfred Bagnall and Sons Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Alfred Bagnall & Sons (East Midlands) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (14)
- Alfred Bagnall & Sons (North-West) LimitedRev. £8m · Profit £788k
- Alfred Bagnall & Sons (London) LimitedRev. £7.6m · Profit £430k
- Alfred Bagnall & Sons (North) LimitedRev. £6.2m · Profit −£3.1k
- Alfred Bagnall & Sons (Restoration) LimitedRev. £6.1m · Profit −£218k
- Alfred Bagnall & Sons (Leeds) LimitedRev. £5.3m · Profit £346k
- Alfred Bagnall & Sons (Midlands) LimitedRev. £5.1m · Profit £94.1k
- Alfred Bagnall & Sons (West) LimitedRev. £3.6m · Profit £131k
- Alfred Bagnall & Sons (Support Services) LimitedRev. £3.2m · Profit £321k
- Alfred Bagnall & Sons (North East) LimitedRev. £2.2m · Profit £4.4k
- Alfred Bagnall & Sons (South Wales) LimitedRev. £1.3m · Profit −£392k
- Alfred Bagnall & Sons (Property Development) LimitedRev. — · Profit £0
- Alfred Bagnall & Sons (Scotland) LimitedRev. — · Profit £0
- Alfred Bagnall & Sons (York) LimitedRev. — · Profit £0
- Painting Advisory Services LimitedRev. — · Profit £0
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 £516k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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