Alison Hayes (UK) Limited
Registered name: ALISON HAYES (UK) LIMITED
Alison Hayes (UK) Limited made £38.8m revenue and £1.6m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2022.
Alison Hayes (UK) Limited’s revenue grew 40% to £38.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2022, with £1.6m profit and 26 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other wearing apparel and accessories” and is based in Northampton; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Liquidation
- Location
- Northampton, East Midlands
- Age
- 38 yrs · since 1988
- 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. From the filing: “The Company is a wholly owned subsidiary undertaking of Synek Limited which is the ultimate controlling party and ultimate parent company incorporated in Cyprus.The only group in which the results of ”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £27.8m | £38.8m |
| Cost of sales | £27.4m | £33.7m |
| Gross profit | £338k | £5.2m |
| Operating profit | −£3.5m | £1.7m |
| Profit before tax | −£3.6m | £1.6m |
| Profit after tax | −£4m | £1.6m |
| Profit (best available) | −£4m | £1.6m |
| Staff costs | £2.4m | £1.8m |
| Employees (average) | 37 | 26 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −14.4% | 4% |
| Gross margin | 1.2% | 13.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £751k | £1.5m |
| Profit per employee | −£108k | £60k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲39.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼29.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £76.6k | £95.8k |
| Net assets | £2.4m | £2.4m |
| Fixed assets | £350k | £277k |
| Current assets | £12m | £9.4m |
| Debtors | £1.5m | £740k |
| Deferred income | £1.6m | £898k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 13.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.5m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £60k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.9%
- 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
- ▲3%
- Now £2.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲25%
- Now £95.8k
- Headcount
- ▼30%
- Now 26
- Deferred income
- ▼42%
- Now £898k
- Fixed assets
- ▼21%
- Now £277k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Minority corporate shareholders
- Synek Limited (registered outside the UK register)
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 2022 (profit £1.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2023. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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