Associated Lead Mills Ltd.
Registered name: ASSOCIATED LEAD MILLS LTD.
Part of International Metal Industries Limited groupAssociated Lead Mills Ltd. made £63.9m revenue and £150k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Associated Lead Mills Ltd.’s revenue fell 9% to £63.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £150k profit and 44 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of metals and metal ores” and is based in Hoddesdon; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hoddesdon, East of England
- 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. From the filing: “The company's immediate parent undertaking is Envirolead Distribution Limited, a subsidiary of Envirolead Midco Limited. The company's ultimate parent company is In”
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&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £72.3m | £74.9m | £69.9m | £63.9m |
| Cost of sales | £67.3m | £69m | £64.4m | £58.3m |
| Gross profit | £5m | £5.9m | £5.4m | £5.6m |
| Operating profit | £1.2m | £1.6m | £1.3m | £1.2m |
| Profit before tax | £590k | £369k | £113k | £150k |
| Profit after tax | £590k | £369k | £113k | £150k |
| Profit (best available) | £590k | £369k | £113k | £150k |
| Staff costs | £1.8m | £1.9m | £1.9m | £2m |
| Employees (average) | 49 | 48 | 46 | 44 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.8% | 0.5% | 0.2% | 0.2% |
| Gross margin | 6.9% | 7.9% | 7.8% | 8.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.5m | £1.6m | £1.5m | £1.5m |
| Profit per employee | £12k | £7.7k | £2.5k | £3.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲3.7% | ▼6.8% | ▼8.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼37.4% | ▼69.3% | ▲32.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2% | ▼4.2% | ▼4.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £103k | £288k | £199k | £97.9k |
| Net assets | £12.8m | £13.1m | £13.2m | £13.4m |
| Fixed assets | £493k | £963k | £49.7k | £858k |
| Current assets | £35.3m | £35.4m | £34.4m | £33.2m |
| Debtors | £14.1m | £13.3m | £12.8m | £11.2m |
| Deferred income | £1.3m | £1.5m | £1.7m | £2.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 8.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.5m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 17.6%
- 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
- ▲1%
- Now £13.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼51%
- Now £97.9k
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 44
- Deferred income
- ▲29%
- Now £2.3m
- Fixed assets
- ▲1626%
- Now £858k
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
- International Metal Industries Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Envirolead Midco Limited75–100%
- Envirolead Distribution Limited75–100%
- Associated Lead Mills Ltd.this company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (5)
- Jamestown Industries LimitedRev. £63.3m · Profit £25.9k
- Royston Lead LimitedRev. £12m · Profit −£1.1m
- Met-Seam LimitedRev. £2.6m · Profit £136k
- Royston Sheet Lead LimitedRev. £1.1m · Profit −£76.2k
- Premium Roofing Products LimitedRev. £0 · Profit −£673
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Similar profitable businesses
- Precon Products LtdIpswich · Wholesale of metals and metal ores
- Revenue
- £77.7m
- Profit
- £1.9m
- Staff
- 124
- All Steels Trading LimitedThirsk · Wholesale of metals and metal ores
- Revenue
- £78.2m
- Profit
- £661k
- Staff
- 30
- Richard Austin Alloys (Northern) LimitedWholesale of metals and metal ores
- Revenue
- £51m
- Profit
- £585k
- Staff
- 54
- Amodil Supplies LimitedKidderminster · Wholesale of metals and metal ores
- Revenue
- £46.5m
- Profit
- £1.8m
- Staff
- 45
- Davro Steel LimitedHalesowen · Wholesale of metals and metal ores
- Revenue
- £87.8m
- Profit
- £284k
- Staff
- 33
- Fowle & Co LimitedHastings · Wholesale of metals and metal ores
- Revenue
- £46.1m
- Profit
- £476k
- Staff
- 34
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £150k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Contains public sector information from Companies House licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data from Companies House, © Crown copyright. View the licence.