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Company No. 03599898 · Incorporated 17 Jul 1998

Tranter Limited

Registered name: TRANTER LIMITED

Part of Alfa Laval Ab group

Tranter Limited made £4.6m revenue and £1.1m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.

Tranter Limited’s revenue grew 13% to £4.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.1m profit and 12 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other fabricated metal products” and is based in Wakefield; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Status
Active
Location
Wakefield, Yorkshire and The Humber
Age
28 yrs · since 1998
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 of Alfa Laval Limited.The ultimate parent company is Alfa Laval AB (Publ.), a company listed on Nasdaq Stockholm. The largest group in which the results of the”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2025

Key figures

Capital-lightDoing more with less
Revenue
£4.6m
Growth ▲12.8%
Profit
£1.1m
Growth ▲12%
Profit margin
24.1%
Gross 45.7%
Employees
12
Change ▼7.7%
Profit / employee
£92.3k
Revenue/employee £383k
Profitable streak
4yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202231 Dec 202331 Dec 202431 Dec 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£3.8m£5.4m£4.1m£4.6m
Cost of sales£2.3m£3.1m£2.2m£2.5m
Gross profit£1.5m£2.2m£1.9m£2.1m
Operating profit£919k£1.6m£1.2m£1.4m
Profit before tax£922k£1.6m£1.3m£1.5m
Profit after tax£742k£1.2m£989k£1.1m
Profit (best available)£742k£1.2m£989k£1.1m
Staff costs£598k£675k£622k£605k
Employees (average)12131312
Ratios
Profit margin19.4%23%24.3%24.1%
Gross margin39.7%41.6%46.6%45.7%
Revenue per employee£318k£412k£314k£383k
Profit per employee£61.9k£94.8k£76.1k£92.3k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲40.5%▼24%▲12.8%
Profit growth—▲66%▼19.8%▲12%
Headcount growth—▲8.3%0%▼7.7%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£327k£1.4m£1.6m£1.5m
Net assets£1.8m£3m£3m£2.9m
Fixed assets£213k£201k£179k£310k
Current assets£2.8m£3.4m£3.5m£3.5m
Debtors£985k£881k£655k£922k
Deferred income£204k£130k£284k£268k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
24.1%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
45.7%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£383k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£92.3k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
6.7%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
5.8%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
20%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▼3%
Now £2.9m
Cash at bank
▼6%
Now £1.5m
Headcount
▼8%
Now 12
Deferred income
▼6%
Now £268k
Fixed assets
▲73%
Now £310k

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Alfa Laval Ab (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
  2. Alfa Laval Limited75–100%
  3. Tranter Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

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 Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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