Alpi UK Limited
Registered name: ALPI UK LIMITED
Alpi UK Limited made £42.3m revenue and £395k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Alpi UK Limited’s revenue fell 18% to £42.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £395k profit and 167 employees. The company is classified under “other transportation support activities” and is based in Essex; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Essex, East of England
- Age
- 36 yrs · since 1990
- 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 and ultimate parent undertaking of the Company is Albini & Pitigliani S.P.A., a company incorporated in Italy.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 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) | £53.4m | £48.8m | £51.2m | £42.3m |
| Cost of sales | £40.4m | £34.7m | £37.4m | £29.5m |
| Gross profit | £13m | £14.2m | £13.8m | £12.8m |
| Operating profit | £413k | £480k | £1.4m | £510k |
| Profit before tax | £423k | £521k | £1.5m | £636k |
| Profit after tax | £274k | £375k | £1.1m | £395k |
| Profit (best available) | £274k | £375k | £1.1m | £395k |
| Staff costs | £7.5m | £8m | £7.5m | £7.6m |
| Employees (average) | 189 | 196 | 178 | 167 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.5% | 0.8% | 2.1% | 0.9% |
| Gross margin | 24.3% | 29% | 27% | 30.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £282k | £249k | £288k | £253k |
| Profit per employee | £1.4k | £1.9k | £6.1k | £2.4k |
| Cash conversion | −206.1% | 32.4% | −91.4% | 49.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼8.5% | ▲4.9% | ▼17.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲37.1% | ▲188.5% | ▼63.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3.7% | ▼9.2% | ▼6.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3.5m | £3m | £3.7m | £3.1m |
| Net assets | £5.8m | £6.2m | £7.2m | £7.6m |
| Fixed assets | £5.8m | £5.4m | £6.7m | £6.4m |
| Current assets | £12.2m | £10.8m | £12.6m | £8.2m |
| Debtors | £6.9m | £5.9m | £7.1m | £3.6m |
| Deferred income | £561k | £774k | £887k | £861k |
| Cash from operations | −£851k | £156k | −£1.3m | £250k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 30.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £253k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 49.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 15.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 8.4%
- 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
- ▲5%
- Now £7.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼17%
- Now £3.1m
- Headcount
- ▼6%
- Now 167
- Deferred income
- ▼3%
- Now £861k
- Fixed assets
- ▼4%
- Now £6.4m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Alpi United Kingdom LimitedFigures not disclosed
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 £395k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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