Whitehead Alloys Limited
Registered name: WHITEHEAD ALLOYS LIMITED
Whitehead Alloys Limited made £18.6m revenue and a £999k loss in the year to 31 Aug 2024.
Whitehead Alloys Limited’s revenue was £18.6m in the year to 31 Aug 2024, with a loss of £999k and 18 employees. The company is classified under “aluminium production” and is based in Stockton-on-Tees; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Liquidation
- Location
- Stockton-on-Tees, North East
- Age
- 46 yrs · since 1980
- 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 | 31 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £20.9m | £18.6m | £18.6m |
| Cost of sales | £18.3m | £16.4m | £17.5m |
| Gross profit | £2.6m | £2.2m | £1.1m |
| Operating profit | £1.8m | £787k | −£19.9k |
| Profit before tax | £1.8m | £811k | −£1.3m |
| Profit after tax | £1.5m | £613k | −£999k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.5m | £613k | −£999k |
| Staff costs | £649k | £689k | — |
| Employees (average) | 18 | 18 | 18 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 6.9% | 3.3% | −5.4% |
| Gross margin | 12.4% | 11.9% | 6.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.2m | £1m | £1m |
| Profit per employee | £80.7k | £34k | −£55.5k |
| Cash conversion | −97.2% | −383.1% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼11% | ▲0.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼57.8% | ▼263% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1.1m | £2.2m | — |
| Net assets | £5.9m | £5.1m | — |
| Fixed assets | £1m | £1.3m | — |
| Current assets | £7.9m | £6.9m | — |
| Debtors | £4.5m | £3.2m | — |
| Cash from operations | −£1.7m | −£3m | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −5.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 6.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£55.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 18
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Aug 2024 (profit −£999k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 20 Oct 2026
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