Alpha Construction Limited
Registered name: ALPHA CONSTRUCTION LIMITED
Part of Alpha Construction (Group) Limited groupAlpha Construction Limited made £14.1m revenue and £328k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Alpha Construction Limited’s revenue grew 39% to £14.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £328k profit and 62 employees. The company is classified under “construction of commercial buildings” and is based in Hilton; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hilton, East Midlands
- Age
- 43 yrs · since 1982
- 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 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10.5m | £10.2m | £14.1m |
| Cost of sales | £8.5m | £7.7m | £11.6m |
| Gross profit | £2m | £2.4m | £2.5m |
| Operating profit | £281k | £520k | £424k |
| Profit before tax | £269k | £521k | £441k |
| Profit after tax | £205k | £384k | £328k |
| Profit (best available) | £205k | £384k | £328k |
| Staff costs | £3.2m | £3.4m | £3.9m |
| Employees (average) | 57 | 55 | 62 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 2% | 3.8% | 2.3% |
| Gross margin | 19.2% | 23.8% | 17.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £184k | £185k | £228k |
| Profit per employee | £3.6k | £7k | £5.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼2.9% | ▲39.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲87.6% | ▼14.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼3.5% | ▲12.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1.5m | £2.3m | £2.9m |
| Net assets | £4m | £4.2m | £4.4m |
| Fixed assets | £1.2m | £1.3m | £1.3m |
| Current assets | £7.7m | £8m | £9.3m |
| Debtors | £2m | £1.6m | £1.7m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 17.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £228k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 9.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 12%
- 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
- ▲5%
- Now £4.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲29%
- Now £2.9m
- Headcount
- ▲13%
- Now 62
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲1%
- Now £1.3m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Alpha Construction (Group) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Alpha Construction Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Alpha Construction (Developments) LimitedRev. £0 · Profit £105k
- Alpha Construction (Holdings) LimitedRev. £0 · Profit £105k
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 £328k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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