Swan Alloy UK Ltd.
Registered name: SWAN ALLOY UK LTD.
Swan Alloy UK Ltd. made £43.6m revenue and £494k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Swan Alloy UK Ltd.’s revenue fell 17% to £43.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £494k profit and 52 employees. The company is classified under “other manufacturing” and is based in Swansea; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Swansea, Wales
- 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 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £63.3m | £53.4m | £52.3m | £43.6m |
| Cost of sales | £55m | £48m | £47.8m | £41.7m |
| Gross profit | £8.2m | £5.4m | £4.5m | £1.9m |
| Operating profit | £6.6m | £3.2m | £2.6m | £409k |
| Profit before tax | £6.7m | −£778k | £2.7m | £555k |
| Profit after tax | £5.3m | −£1.6m | £1.9m | £494k |
| Profit (best available) | £5.3m | −£1.6m | £1.9m | £494k |
| Staff costs | £3.3m | £3.2m | £3.4m | £3.1m |
| Employees (average) | 52 | 55 | 56 | 52 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 8.5% | −3.1% | 3.7% | 1.1% |
| Gross margin | 13% | 10.1% | 8.6% | 4.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.2m | £971k | £934k | £839k |
| Profit per employee | £103k | −£29.9k | £34.3k | £9.5k |
| Cash conversion | −175.7% | −68.6% | −160.4% | −889% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼15.6% | ▼2.1% | ▼16.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼130.7% | — | ▼74.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5.8% | ▲1.8% | ▼7.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £10.1m | £1.2m | £2.8m | £3.1m |
| Net assets | £17.5m | £7.4m | £9.3m | £9.8m |
| Fixed assets | £5m | £5.3m | £5.8m | £5.1m |
| Current assets | £23.4m | £14.1m | £16.6m | £17.6m |
| Debtors | £5.1m | £6.8m | £8m | £6.5m |
| Deferred income | £5.6m | £7.2m | £8.3m | £8.9m |
| Cash from operations | −£11.6m | −£2.2m | −£4.2m | −£3.6m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 4.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £839k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £9.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −889%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 11.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 20.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.9%
- 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
- ▲5%
- Now £9.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲11%
- Now £3.1m
- Headcount
- ▼7%
- Now 52
- Deferred income
- ▲6%
- Now £8.9m
- Fixed assets
- ▼12%
- Now £5.1m
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 Dec 2025 (profit £494k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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