The Alliance Group of Companies Limited
Registered name: THE ALLIANCE GROUP OF COMPANIES LIMITED
Part of The Alliance Group of Companies (Holdings) Limited groupThe Alliance Group of Companies Limited made £17.4m revenue and £384k profit in the year to 31 Oct 2025. read from filing text
The Alliance Group of Companies Limited’s revenue fell 7% to £17.4m in the year to 31 Oct 2025, with £384k profit and 55 employees. The company is classified under “other service activities incidental to land transportation,” and is based in Basildon Essex; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Basildon Essex, East of England
- Age
- 33 yrs · since 1993
- 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: “At the reporting date, the company's ultimate parent undertaking is The Alliance Group of Companies (Holdings) Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales. This is the smallest and largest gr”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Oct 2024 | 31 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £18.7m | £17.4m |
| Cost of sales | £14.1m | £13.2m |
| Gross profit | £4.6m | £4.2m |
| Operating profit | £675k | £464k |
| Profit before tax | £728k | £509k |
| Profit after tax | £532k | £384k |
| Profit (best available) | £532k | £384k |
| Staff costs | £2.5m | £2.4m |
| Employees (average) | 55 | 55 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 2.8% | 2.2% |
| Gross margin | 24.7% | 24% |
| Revenue per employee | £341k | £316k |
| Profit per employee | £9.7k | £7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼7.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼27.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £3.1m | £2.1m |
| Net assets | £3.8m | £3.1m |
| Fixed assets | £0 | £561k |
| Current assets | £8.2m | £6.2m |
| Debtors | £3m | £2.5m |
| Deferred income | — | £34k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 24%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £316k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.2%
- 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
- ▼18%
- Now £3.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼31%
- Now £2.1m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 55
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £34k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £561k
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
- The Alliance Group of Companies (Holdings) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- The Alliance Group of Companies Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Neutral Cargo Consolidators (UK) 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 Oct 2025 (profit £384k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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