Alpha Manufacturing Hixon Limited
Registered name: ALPHA MANUFACTURING HIXON LIMITED
Part of The Hex Group of Companies Limited groupAlpha Manufacturing Hixon Limited made £22.8m revenue and £1.1m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Alpha Manufacturing Hixon Limited’s revenue grew 5% to £22.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.1m profit and 198 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other fabricated metal products” and is based in Stafford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Stafford, West Midlands
- Age
- 32 yrs · since 1994
- 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 company is a wholly owned subsidiary undertaking of”
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&L | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £25.5m | £19.9m | £21.8m | £22.8m |
| Cost of sales | £18.1m | £13.4m | £14.5m | £15.7m |
| Gross profit | £7.5m | £6.5m | £7.3m | £7.2m |
| Operating profit | £1.2m | £583k | £1.5m | £621k |
| Profit before tax | £1.2m | £590k | £1.6m | £716k |
| Profit after tax | £1.3m | £452k | £1.1m | £1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.3m | £452k | £1.1m | £1.1m |
| Staff costs | £8.1m | £6.9m | £7.7m | £8.2m |
| Employees (average) | 170 | 189 | 198 | 198 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.2% | 2.3% | 4.9% | 4.6% |
| Gross margin | 29.3% | 32.6% | 33.6% | 31.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £150k | £105k | £110k | £115k |
| Profit per employee | £7.8k | £2.4k | £5.4k | £5.3k |
| Cash conversion | −88.9% | −351.8% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲9.6% | ▲4.9% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲135.1% | ▼0.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▲4.8% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £675k | £1.8m | £2.9m | £4.8m |
| Net assets | £8.3m | £8.7m | £9.7m | £10.7m |
| Fixed assets | £4.1m | £3.7m | £4.2m | £3.6m |
| Current assets | £7.5m | £8.5m | £9.2m | £10.7m |
| Debtors | £3.4m | £1.7m | £2.4m | £2m |
| Deferred income | £507k | £531k | £462k | £660k |
| Cash from operations | −£1.1m | −£2.1m | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 31.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £115k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 15.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 8.9%
- 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
- ▲10%
- Now £10.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲69%
- Now £4.8m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 198
- Deferred income
- ▲43%
- Now £660k
- Fixed assets
- ▼15%
- Now £3.6m
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 Hex Group of Companies Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Alpha Manufacturing Hixon Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Bri-Stor Systems LimitedRev. £56.6m · Profit £2.5m
- Atlas Coating LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Future Public Relations LtdFigures 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 £1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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