Alatas UK Limited
Registered name: ALATAS UK LIMITED
Part of Alatas Worldwide Limited groupAlatas UK Limited made £26.6m revenue and a £177k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Alatas UK Limited’s revenue grew 22% to £26.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £177k and 152 employees. The company is classified under “repair of machinery” and is based in Bradford; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bradford, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 37 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 immediate parent company of Alatas UK Limited, and the smallest group of undertakings for which group accounts are drawn up, is Alatas Worldwide Limited, a company registered in Cyprus. The ultima”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £21.7m | £26.6m |
| Cost of sales | £17.2m | £22.9m |
| Gross profit | £4.5m | £3.7m |
| Operating profit | £588k | −£263k |
| Profit before tax | £588k | −£267k |
| Profit after tax | £389k | −£177k |
| Profit (best available) | £389k | −£177k |
| Staff costs | £6.5m | £8.6m |
| Employees (average) | 122 | 152 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 1.8% | −0.7% |
| Gross margin | 20.8% | 13.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £178k | £175k |
| Profit per employee | £3.2k | −£1.2k |
| Cash conversion | −20.6% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲22.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼145.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲24.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £30.9k | £874k |
| Net assets | £3.4m | £3.2m |
| Fixed assets | £1.2m | £1.3m |
| Current assets | £8.4m | £8.3m |
| Debtors | £3.9m | £4.2m |
| Deferred income | £2.5m | £1.1m |
| Cash from operations | −£122k | £1.5m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 13.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £175k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£1.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 15.9%
- 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
- ▼5%
- Now £3.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲2730%
- Now £874k
- Headcount
- ▲25%
- Now 152
- Deferred income
- ▼55%
- Now £1.1m
- Fixed assets
- ▲15%
- Now £1.3m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Alatas Worldwide Limited (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Alatas UK Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
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 −£177k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 16 Oct 2026
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