S K S Limited
Registered name: S K S LIMITED
Part of Grupo Alejandro Altuna Spe Sl groupS K S Limited made £5.1m revenue and £20.8k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
S K S Limited’s revenue fell 7% to £5.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £20.8k profit and 29 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of hardware, plumbing and heating equipment and supplies” and is based in Berkhamsted; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Berkhamsted, South East
- 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.
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 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £5.9m | £5.6m | £5.5m | £5.1m |
| Cost of sales | £3.9m | £3.6m | £3.5m | £3.3m |
| Gross profit | £2m | £2.1m | £2m | £1.8m |
| Operating profit | — | £223k | £167k | £34.6k |
| Profit before tax | £417k | £223k | £167k | £35.1k |
| Profit after tax | £342k | £159k | £106k | £20.8k |
| Profit (best available) | £342k | £159k | £106k | £20.8k |
| Staff costs | £1m | £1.1m | £1.1m | £1m |
| Employees (average) | 32 | 34 | 33 | 29 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.8% | 2.8% | 1.9% | 0.4% |
| Gross margin | 34.7% | 36.9% | 36.6% | 36.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £185k | £166k | £166k | £176k |
| Profit per employee | £10.7k | £4.7k | £3.2k | £718 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼4.8% | ▼2.6% | ▼7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼53.5% | ▼33.3% | ▼80.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.3% | ▼2.9% | ▼12.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £327k | £200k | £129k | £176k |
| Net assets | £2.9m | £2.8m | £2.7m | £2.5m |
| Fixed assets | £1.1m | £1.1m | £941k | £960k |
| Current assets | £2.2m | £2.1m | £2.3m | £2m |
| Debtors | £525k | £509k | £577k | £450k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 36.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £176k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £718
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 18.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 8.8%
- 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
- ▼7%
- Now £2.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲36%
- Now £176k
- Headcount
- ▼12%
- Now 29
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲2%
- Now £960k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Grupo Alejandro Altuna Spe Sl (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- S K S Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
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 £20.8k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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