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Company No. 04369101 · Incorporated 7 Feb 2002

Alaco Limited

Registered name: ALACO LIMITED

Alaco Limited made £8.8m revenue and £323k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.

Alaco Limited’s revenue fell 12% to £8.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £323k profit and 41 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection N · Administrative and support servicesSIC 82990Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Status
Active
Location
London, London
Age
24 yrs · since 2002
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 100% owned by RiskSigma7 Buyer LLC, an LLC registered in the United States.”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2024

Key figures

Capital-light
Revenue
£8.8m
Growth ▼12.2%
Profit
£323k
Growth ▲413.6%
Profit margin
3.7%
Gross 30.4%
Employees
41
Change 0%
Profit / employee
£7.9k
Revenue/employee £215k
Profitable streak
3yrs
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 202131 Dec 202231 Dec 202331 Dec 2024
DisclosureNo P&LFull P&LFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)—£9.7m£10.1m£8.8m
Cost of sales—£2.9m£7.4m£6.1m
Gross profit—£6.7m£2.6m£2.7m
Operating profit—£889k£83.9k£422k
Profit after tax—£724k£63k£323k
Profit (best available)—£724k£63k£323k
Employees (average)40404141
Ratios
Profit margin—7.5%0.6%3.7%
Gross margin—69.7%26%30.4%
Revenue per employee—£241k£245k£215k
Profit per employee—£18.1k£1.5k£7.9k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth——▲4.1%▼12.2%
Profit growth——▼91.3%▲413.6%
Headcount growth—0%▲2.5%0%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£3.7m£2.5m£467k£220k
Net assets£7m£7.9m£7.5m£7.8m
Fixed assets£181k£131k£59k£0
Current assets£8.3m£9.1m£10.7m£12.9m
Debtors£4m£4.2m£3.5m£1.9m
Deferred income—£524k£266k£496k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
3.7%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
30.4%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£215k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£7.9k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
0%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
5.6%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
21.2%
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
▲4%
Now £7.8m
Cash at bank
▼53%
Now £220k
Headcount
0%
Now 41
Deferred income
▲86%
Now £496k
Fixed assets
▼100%
Now £0

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 2024 (profit £323k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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