Alexander Rose Ltd.
Registered name: ALEXANDER ROSE LTD.
Alexander Rose Ltd. made £6.5m revenue and a £413k loss in the year to 29 Aug 2025.
Alexander Rose Ltd.’s revenue grew 7% to £6.5m in the year to 29 Aug 2025, with a loss of £413k and 26 employees. The company is classified under “non-specialised wholesale trade” and is based in Burgess Hill; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Burgess Hill, South East
- Age
- 32 yrs · since 1994
- 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 Aug 2021 | 28 Feb 2023 | 31 Aug 2023 | 30 Aug 2024 | 29 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £14.3m | £20.6m | £5.3m | £6m | £6.5m |
| Cost of sales | £10m | £16.1m | £3.4m | £4.3m | £4.3m |
| Gross profit | £4.3m | £4.5m | £1.9m | £1.7m | £2.2m |
| Operating profit | £832k | −£3.2m | £234k | −£1m | −£448k |
| Profit before tax | £785k | −£3.4m | £142k | −£1.2m | −£549k |
| Profit after tax | £631k | −£2.6m | £93.4k | −£911k | −£413k |
| Profit (best available) | £631k | −£2.6m | £93.4k | −£911k | −£413k |
| Staff costs | £1.5m | £2.1m | £474k | £1m | — |
| Employees (average) | 31 | 32 | 25 | 25 | 26 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 4.4% | −12.6% | 1.8% | −15.1% | −6.4% |
| Gross margin | 30% | 22% | 36.2% | 28.3% | 33.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £461k | £644k | £214k | £241k | £249k |
| Profit per employee | £20.4k | −£81.1k | £3.7k | −£36.5k | −£15.9k |
| Cash conversion | 130% | — | −479.6% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | — | ▲7.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | — | — | ▲4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £291k | £153k | £77.3k | £47.9k | £128k |
| Net assets | £4.6m | £1.9m | £1.9m | £744k | £330k |
| Fixed assets | £675k | £594k | £482k | £160k | £31.8k |
| Current assets | £8m | £8.8m | £5.6m | £4.6m | £5.3m |
| Debtors | £3.2m | £2.7m | £1.3m | £1.3m | £1.3m |
| Deferred income | £996k | £194k | £214k | £156k | — |
| Cash from operations | £1.1m | £2m | −£1.1m | −£880k | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −6.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 33.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £249k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£15.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 19.6%
- 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
- ▼56%
- Now £330k
- Cash at bank
- ▲167%
- Now £128k
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 26
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼80%
- Now £31.8k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 29 Aug 2025 (profit −£413k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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