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Company No. 02241601 · Incorporated 7 Apr 1988

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 ”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2022

Key figures

Capital-lightDoing more with less
Revenue
£38.8m
Growth ▲39.8%
Profit
£1.6m
Growth —
Profit margin
4%
Gross 13.4%
Employees
26
Change ▼29.7%
Profit / employee
£60k
Revenue/employee £1.5m
Profitable streak
1yr
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

2 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202131 Dec 2022
DisclosureFull P&LFull 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)3726
Ratios
Profit margin−14.4%4%
Gross margin1.2%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
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023
Derived from the latest filing

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.
Indirect — not revenue

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.

Corporate ownership

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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