Oliver Valves Limited
Registered name: OLIVER VALVES LIMITED
Oliver Valves Limited made £32.4m revenue and £3.6m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Oliver Valves Limited’s revenue fell 19% to £32.4m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £3.6m profit and 149 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of taps and valves” and is based in Cheshire; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cheshire, North West
- Age
- 47 yrs · since 1979
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £31.4m | £40.2m | £32.4m |
| Cost of sales | £22.1m | £26.7m | £20m |
| Gross profit | £9.3m | £13.4m | £12.4m |
| Operating profit | £3.5m | £6m | £4.5m |
| Profit before tax | £3.5m | £5.9m | £4.5m |
| Profit after tax | £2.9m | £4.4m | £3.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.9m | £4.4m | £3.6m |
| Staff costs | £5.8m | £6.8m | £7.1m |
| Employees (average) | 136 | 143 | 149 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 9.3% | 11% | 11% |
| Gross margin | 29.5% | 33.4% | 38.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £231k | £281k | £217k |
| Profit per employee | £21.6k | £30.9k | £23.9k |
| Cash conversion | 99.9% | 54.4% | 57.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲28% | ▼19.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲50.4% | ▼19.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5.1% | ▲4.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £58.9k | £921k | £318k |
| Net assets | £7.1m | £9.5m | £11m |
| Fixed assets | £2.8m | £2.7m | £3.1m |
| Current assets | £12.6m | £16.5m | £15.2m |
| Debtors | £5.6m | £11.5m | £9.8m |
| Deferred income | £1.3m | £1.7m | £856k |
| Cash from operations | £3.5m | £3.2m | £2.6m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 11%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 38.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £217k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £23.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 57.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 9.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 30.3%
- 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
- ▲17%
- Now £11m
- Cash at bank
- ▼66%
- Now £318k
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 149
- Deferred income
- ▼51%
- Now £856k
- Fixed assets
- ▲13%
- Now £3.1m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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- Profit
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- Profit
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- Profit
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £3.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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