Alumet Systems (UK) Limited
Registered name: ALUMET SYSTEMS (UK) LIMITED
Alumet Systems (UK) Limited made £41.2m revenue and £352k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024. read from filing text
Alumet Systems (UK) Limited’s revenue grew 25% to £41.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £352k profit and 117 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures” and is based in Birmingham; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Liquidation
- Location
- Birmingham, West Midlands
- Age
- 34 yrs · since 1992
- Type
- Private Limited Company
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £33m | £41.2m |
| Cost of sales | £24.6m | £31.3m |
| Gross profit | £8.4m | £9.9m |
| Operating profit | −£155k | £584k |
| Profit before tax | −£239k | £504k |
| Profit after tax | £463k | £352k |
| Profit (best available) | £463k | £352k |
| Employees (average) | 117 | 117 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 1.4% | 0.9% |
| Gross margin | 25.4% | 24% |
| Revenue per employee | £282k | £352k |
| Profit per employee | £4k | £3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲24.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼24.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £1.3m | £2.3m |
| Net assets | £5.3m | £5.7m |
| Fixed assets | £766k | £748k |
| Current assets | £16.2m | £21.1m |
| Debtors | £1.7m | £2.6m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 24%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £352k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 6.3%
- 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
- ▲8%
- Now £5.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲73%
- Now £2.3m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 117
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼2%
- Now £748k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £352k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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