Alloy Fabweld Limited
Registered name: ALLOY FABWELD LIMITED
Alloy Fabweld Limited made £15.4m revenue and £305k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Alloy Fabweld Limited’s revenue grew 13% to £15.4m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £305k profit and 83 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures” and is based in Chelmsford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chelmsford, East of England
- Age
- 30 yrs · since 1996
- 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £14.1m | £11.9m | £13.6m | £15.4m |
| Cost of sales | £13.6m | £10.4m | £10.7m | £11.1m |
| Gross profit | £497k | £1.6m | £2.9m | £4.3m |
| Operating profit | −£2.1m | −£1.3m | £282k | £566k |
| Profit before tax | −£2.2m | −£1.3m | £180k | £289k |
| Profit after tax | −£1.7m | −£1.2m | £113k | £305k |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.7m | −£1.2m | £113k | £305k |
| Staff costs | £3.5m | £4.2m | £3.7m | £4.1m |
| Employees (average) | 87 | 76 | 79 | 83 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −12.3% | −9.8% | 0.8% | 2% |
| Gross margin | 3.5% | 13.1% | 21.4% | 28.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £162k | £157k | £172k | £185k |
| Profit per employee | −£19.9k | −£15.4k | £1.4k | £3.7k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | −146.2% | −36.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼15.2% | ▲14% | ▲13% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲170.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼12.6% | ▲4% | ▲5.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £492k | £56.5k | £111k | £489k |
| Net assets | £2m | £878k | £991k | £1.3m |
| Fixed assets | £746k | £645k | £583k | £788k |
| Current assets | £5.9m | £5.2m | £5m | £5.7m |
| Debtors | £965k | £988k | £1.2m | £2.8m |
| Deferred income | £238k | £151k | £711k | £32k |
| Cash from operations | £918k | £1.3m | −£412k | −£208k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 28.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £185k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −36.8%
- 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
- 0.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 18.4%
- 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
- ▲31%
- Now £1.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲341%
- Now £489k
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 83
- Deferred income
- ▼96%
- Now £32k
- Fixed assets
- ▲35%
- Now £788k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £305k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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