Albion Computers PLC
Registered name: ALBION COMPUTERS PLC
Albion Computers PLC made £989k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
Albion Computers PLC reported £989k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025, down 38% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 149 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale of computers, peripheral units and software in specialised stores”; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London
- Age
- 40 yrs · since 1986
- Type
- Public Limited Company
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
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 | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £61.9m | £69.4m | — | — |
| Cost of sales | £54.7m | £62.1m | £57.9m | £61.6m |
| Gross profit | £7.2m | £7.3m | — | — |
| Profit before tax | £1.3m | £1.3m | £1.8m | £1.5m |
| Profit after tax | £1.1m | £1m | £1.6m | £989k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.1m | £1m | £1.6m | £989k |
| Staff costs | £3.1m | £3.4m | £4.3m | — |
| Employees (average) | 131 | 115 | 134 | 149 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.8% | 1.5% | — | — |
| Gross margin | 11.6% | 10.5% | — | — |
| Revenue per employee | £473k | £603k | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £8.3k | £8.8k | £11.8k | £6.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲12% | — | — |
| Profit growth | — | ▼6.2% | ▲56.1% | ▼37.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼12.2% | ▲16.5% | ▲11.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3.5m | £5.7m | £5m | £9.8m |
| Net assets | £5.1m | £5.8m | £6.6m | £7.3m |
| Fixed assets | £516k | £941k | £3.6m | £3.1m |
| Current assets | £12.5m | £15m | £13.5m | £14.7m |
| Debtors | £5.2m | £5.3m | £4m | £2.4m |
| Deferred income | £1.4m | £1.7m | £2m | £1.9m |
| Cash from operations | −£35.7k | £3.5m | — | −£5.4m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.6k
- 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
- ▲9%
- Now £7.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲96%
- Now £9.8m
- Headcount
- ▲11%
- Now 149
- Deferred income
- ▼7%
- Now £1.9m
- Fixed assets
- ▼14%
- Now £3.1m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Western Computer Group 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 £989k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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