Alpha 3 Manufacturing Limited
Registered name: ALPHA 3 MANUFACTURING LIMITED
Part of Inspirit Management Limited groupAlpha 3 Manufacturing Limited made £7.8m revenue and £146k profit in the year to 27 Jun 2025. read from filing text
Alpha 3 Manufacturing Limited’s revenue grew 2% to £7.8m in the year to 27 Jun 2025, with £146k profit and 72 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of electronic components” and is based in Scunthorpe; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Scunthorpe, 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's immediate parent and controlling party is”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 2 Jul 2022 | 1 Jul 2023 | 29 Jun 2024 | 27 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £14.9m | £10m | £7.7m | £7.8m |
| Cost of sales | £10.9m | £7.3m | £4.8m | £4.7m |
| Gross profit | £4m | £2.7m | £2.8m | £3.1m |
| Operating profit | −£2.4m | −£1.3m | −£769k | £452k |
| Profit before tax | £2.6m | −£1.6m | −£1.2m | £105k |
| Profit after tax | £2.8m | −£2m | −£1.2m | £146k |
| Profit (best available) | £2.8m | −£2m | −£1.2m | £146k |
| Staff costs | £4.4m | £3.5m | £3m | £2.8m |
| Employees (average) | 161 | 111 | 81 | 72 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 18.5% | −20% | −15.7% | 1.9% |
| Gross margin | 26.6% | 27.1% | 37% | 39.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £92.5k | £89.8k | £94.5k | £108k |
| Profit per employee | £17.1k | −£18k | −£14.8k | £2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼33% | ▼23.2% | ▲1.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼172.4% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼31.1% | ▼27% | ▼11.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3k | £55k | £11k | £11k |
| Net assets | £4.8m | £2.8m | £1.6m | £1.8m |
| Fixed assets | £1.6m | £1.5m | £1.5m | £1.4m |
| Current assets | £7.3m | £9m | £7.5m | £7.3m |
| Debtors | £2.1m | £1.5m | £1.2m | £1.5m |
| Deferred income | £277k | £305k | £319k | £484k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 39.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £108k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 18%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 6.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 19.2%
- 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
- ▲9%
- Now £1.8m
- Cash at bank
- 0%
- Now £11k
- Headcount
- ▼11%
- Now 72
- Deferred income
- ▲52%
- Now £484k
- Fixed assets
- ▼3%
- Now £1.4m
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
- Inspirit Management Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Inspirit GP LLP75–100%
- Inspirit Carrey Topco Limited75–100%
- Inspirit Carrey Bidco Limited75–100%
- Alpha 3 Manufacturing Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Tekdata Interconnections LimitedRev. £7.3m · Profit £348k
Sister companies (2)
- Midway Manufacturing LtdFigures not disclosed
- Telford Scientific 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 27 Jun 2025 (profit £146k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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