Oliver Valvetek Limited
Registered name: OLIVER VALVETEK LIMITED
Oliver Valvetek Limited made £39m revenue and £10.6m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Oliver Valvetek Limited’s revenue fell 7% to £39m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £10.6m profit and 111 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of taps and valves” and is based in Cheshire; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cheshire, North West
- 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 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £34.2m | £42.2m | £39m |
| Cost of sales | £18.5m | £23.4m | £19.4m |
| Gross profit | £15.7m | £18.8m | £19.6m |
| Operating profit | £10.7m | £13.2m | £14.1m |
| Profit before tax | £10.6m | £13.1m | £14.1m |
| Profit after tax | £8.5m | £10.1m | £10.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £8.5m | £10.1m | £10.6m |
| Staff costs | £4.3m | £5m | £5.1m |
| Employees (average) | 102 | 111 | 111 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 24.9% | 23.9% | 27% |
| Gross margin | 45.8% | 44.6% | 50.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £335k | £380k | £352k |
| Profit per employee | £83.5k | £90.7k | £95.1k |
| Cash conversion | 31.2% | 46.8% | 72% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲23.3% | ▼7.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲18.1% | ▲4.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲8.8% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £122k | £2.3m | £4.2m |
| Net assets | £12.2m | £18.8m | £21.3m |
| Fixed assets | £1.8m | £2m | £2m |
| Current assets | £19.5m | £23.4m | £25.1m |
| Debtors | £11.3m | £12.4m | £14m |
| Deferred income | £942k | £688k | £894k |
| Cash from operations | £3.3m | £6.2m | £10.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 27%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 50.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £352k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £95.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 72%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 35.8%
- 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
- ▲14%
- Now £21.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲83%
- Now £4.2m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 111
- Deferred income
- ▲30%
- Now £894k
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £2m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Similar profitable businesses
- Oliver Valves LimitedCheshire · Manufacture of taps and valves
- Revenue
- £32.4m
- Profit
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- Staff
- 149
- Bray Controls (UK) LimitedInchinnan · Manufacture of taps and valves
- Revenue
- £31.6m
- Profit
- £164k
- Staff
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- Dolphin Solutions LtdBodiam, Robertsbridge · Manufacture of taps and valves
- Revenue
- £24.8m
- Profit
- £1.9m
- Staff
- 87
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £10.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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