Alba Trees Limited
Registered name: ALBA TREES LIMITED
Alba Trees Limited made £9.4m revenue and £208k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025. read from filing text
Alba Trees Limited’s revenue fell 4% to £9.4m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £208k profit and 91 employees. The company is classified under “silviculture and other forestry activities” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 38 yrs · since 1987
- 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 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10.3m | £9.2m | £9.8m | £9.4m |
| Cost of sales | £6.6m | £6.6m | £7.7m | £7.4m |
| Gross profit | £3.7m | £2.6m | £2.1m | £1.9m |
| Operating profit | £2.2m | £959k | £558k | £318k |
| Profit before tax | £2.1m | £923k | £479k | £249k |
| Profit after tax | £1.7m | £688k | £267k | £208k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.7m | £688k | £267k | £208k |
| Employees (average) | 124 | 131 | 113 | 91 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 16.4% | 7.5% | 2.7% | 2.2% |
| Gross margin | 36.3% | 28.5% | 21.5% | 20.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £83k | £70.1k | £86.6k | £103k |
| Profit per employee | £13.6k | £5.3k | £2.4k | £2.3k |
| Cash conversion | −126.1% | −36.7% | −240.4% | −256.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼10.7% | ▲6.5% | ▼4.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼59.2% | ▼61.2% | ▼22.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5.7% | ▼13.7% | ▼19.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £180k | £1.1k | £1.3k | £144 |
| Net assets | £8.2m | £8.9m | £9.2m | £9.4m |
| Fixed assets | £4.9m | £4.5m | £5.2m | £4.4m |
| Current assets | £7m | £7.5m | £8.2m | £8.6m |
| Debtors | £130k | £335k | £454k | £222k |
| Deferred income | £782k | £652k | £907k | £770k |
| Cash from operations | −£2.7m | −£352k | −£1.3m | −£817k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 20.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £103k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −256.9%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 47.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 8.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.4%
- 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
- ▲2%
- Now £9.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼89%
- Now £144
- Headcount
- ▼19%
- Now 91
- Deferred income
- ▼15%
- Now £770k
- Fixed assets
- ▼14%
- Now £4.4m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit £208k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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