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.
- 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.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full 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) | 40 | 40 | 41 | 41 |
| 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 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
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.
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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