Narrow Aisle Limited
Registered name: NARROW AISLE LIMITED
Part of Narrow Aisle Group Topco Limited groupNarrow Aisle Limited made £27.2m revenue and £304k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Narrow Aisle Limited’s revenue fell 2% to £27.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £304k profit and 83 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of lifting and handling equipment” and is based in Brierley Hill; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Brierley Hill, West Midlands
- Age
- 50 yrs · since 1976
- 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) | £29.7m | £32m | £27.9m | £27.2m |
| Cost of sales | £24.6m | £25m | £21.6m | £21.2m |
| Gross profit | £5.1m | £6.9m | £6.3m | £6m |
| Operating profit | £973k | £2m | £1.2m | £604k |
| Profit before tax | £713k | £1.5m | £768k | £310k |
| Profit after tax | £717k | £1.4m | £813k | £304k |
| Profit (best available) | £717k | £1.4m | £813k | £304k |
| Staff costs | £3.6m | £4.4m | £4.8m | £4.9m |
| Employees (average) | 74 | 78 | 81 | 83 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.4% | 4.5% | 2.9% | 1.1% |
| Gross margin | 17.3% | 21.7% | 22.5% | 22.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £401k | £410k | £344k | £328k |
| Profit per employee | £9.7k | £18.4k | £10k | £3.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲7.7% | ▼12.9% | ▼2.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲99.9% | ▼43.3% | ▼62.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5.4% | ▲3.9% | ▲2.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £307k | £83k | £81.4k | £76.3k |
| Net assets | £11.3m | £12.8m | £13.6m | £13.6m |
| Fixed assets | £147k | £272k | £245k | £221k |
| Current assets | £21m | £22.4m | £21.2m | £21.6m |
| Debtors | £3.5m | £4.2m | £2.8m | £3.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 22.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £328k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11.7%
- 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
- ▲0%
- Now £13.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼6%
- Now £76.3k
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 83
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼10%
- Now £221k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Narrow Aisle Group Topco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Narrow Aisle Holdings Limited75–100%
- Narrow Aisle Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Flexi Forklift Rental 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 31 Dec 2025 (profit £304k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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