A C Valves & Controls Limited
Registered name: A C VALVES & CONTROLS LIMITED
Part of Ac Valve Alliance Group Holdings Limited groupA C Valves & Controls Limited made £10.3m revenue and £614k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
A C Valves & Controls Limited’s revenue fell 12% to £10.3m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £614k profit and 19 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of other machinery and equipment” and is based in Coalville; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Coalville, East Midlands
- Age
- 29 yrs · since 1997
- 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.
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&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £9.1m | £18.6m | £11.6m | £10.3m |
| Cost of sales | £6.6m | £14m | £8.4m | £6.8m |
| Gross profit | £2.5m | £4.7m | £3.3m | £3.4m |
| Operating profit | £1.4m | £3.3m | £1.6m | £1.3m |
| Profit before tax | £1.4m | £3.5m | £1.6m | £915k |
| Profit after tax | £1.2m | £2.9m | £1.3m | £614k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.2m | £2.9m | £1.3m | £614k |
| Staff costs | £789k | £958k | £1.1m | £1.2m |
| Employees (average) | 14 | 15 | 17 | 19 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 13.3% | 15.6% | 10.8% | 6% |
| Gross margin | 27.3% | 25% | 27.9% | 33.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £651k | £1.2m | £684k | £541k |
| Profit per employee | £86.6k | £193k | £73.9k | £32.3k |
| Cash conversion | −2.9% | 66% | 125.1% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲104.5% | ▼37.5% | ▼11.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲139.3% | ▼56.7% | ▼51.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7.1% | ▲13.3% | ▲11.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.1m | £2.9m | £3.8m | £2m |
| Net assets | £6.1m | £8.9m | £9.9m | £10.5m |
| Fixed assets | £2.4m | £2.5m | £2.8m | £2.3m |
| Current assets | £5.1m | £10.2m | £9.3m | £10m |
| Debtors | £1.8m | £3.2m | £2.3m | £1.8m |
| Deferred income | £97.2k | £131k | £80.8k | £57.1k |
| Cash from operations | −£40.6k | £2.2m | £2m | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 33.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £541k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £32.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 22.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 17.9%
- 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
- ▲6%
- Now £10.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼47%
- Now £2m
- Headcount
- ▲12%
- Now 19
- Deferred income
- ▼29%
- Now £57.1k
- Fixed assets
- ▼17%
- Now £2.3m
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
- Ac Valve Alliance Group Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- The Valve & Actuation Group Limited75–100%
- A C Valves & Controls Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (5)
- Nacional Safety Valves UK LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Starline Ball Valves LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Technical Valve Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The Valve Alliance LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Valve & Pipework Systems LtdFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (1)
- The Valve Partners LimitedFigures 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 Mar 2025 (profit £614k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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