Alfred H Knight Eastern Europe Limited
Registered name: ALFRED H KNIGHT EASTERN EUROPE LIMITED
Part of Alfred H. Knight Holdings Limited groupAlfred H Knight Eastern Europe Limited made £5m revenue and a £116k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Alfred H Knight Eastern Europe Limited’s revenue grew 30% to £5m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £116k and 115 employees. The company is classified under “other professional, scientific and technical activities” and is based in Prescot; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Prescot, North West
- Age
- 37 yrs · since 1989
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £4m | £3.8m | £5m |
| Cost of sales | −£2.8m | −£2.6m | −£3.5m |
| Gross profit | £1.2m | £1.3m | £1.5m |
| Operating profit | −£160k | £109k | −£9.4k |
| Profit before tax | −£158k | £114k | −£9.4k |
| Profit after tax | −£170k | £36.8k | −£116k |
| Profit (best available) | −£170k | £36.8k | −£116k |
| Employees (average) | 83 | 78 | 115 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −4.2% | 1% | −2.3% |
| Gross margin | 29.7% | 33.3% | 29.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £48.5k | £49k | £43.4k |
| Profit per employee | −£2k | £472 | −£1k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼5.1% | ▲30.4% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼415.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼6% | ▲47.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −2.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 29.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £43.4k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£1k
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲47%
- Now 115
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Alfred H. Knight Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Alfred H Knight UK Holdings Limited75–100%
- Alfred H Knight Eastern Europe Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (9)
- Alfred H Knight Mineral Processing UK LimitedRev. £1.3m · Profit −£186k
- Mel Waste Insights LimitedRev. £770k · Profit −£3.6k
- A.h. Knight Asia Ltd.Rev. £381k · Profit −£114k
- Alfred H Knight Consultancy LimitedRev. £374k · Profit −£93k
- Alfred H Knight Solid Fuels LimitedRev. £8.9k · Profit £8.8k
- A.h. Knight Asia Laboratory Ltd.Figures not disclosed
- Alfred H Knight Energy Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Alfred H. Knight International LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Onlabs LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£116k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 12 Oct 2026
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