Dudleys Aluminium Limited
Registered name: DUDLEYS ALUMINIUM LIMITED
Part of AL13 Group Holdings Limited groupDudleys Aluminium Limited made £14.2m revenue and £1.6m profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
Dudleys Aluminium Limited’s revenue grew 20% to £14.2m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £1.6m profit and 59 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of doors and windows of metal” and is based in Cardiff; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cardiff, Wales
- Age
- 21 yrs · since 2005
- 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 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £9.8m | £12.2m | £11.9m | £14.2m |
| Cost of sales | £7.2m | £9.4m | £8.7m | £9.9m |
| Gross profit | £2.6m | £2.8m | £3.2m | £4.4m |
| Operating profit | £569k | £769k | £890k | £2.1m |
| Profit before tax | £572k | £790k | £931k | £2.1m |
| Profit after tax | £448k | £595k | £676k | £1.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £448k | £595k | £676k | £1.6m |
| Staff costs | £2m | £2m | £2m | £2.4m |
| Employees (average) | 52 | 52 | 54 | 59 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4.5% | 4.9% | 5.7% | 10.9% |
| Gross margin | 26.8% | 22.7% | 27% | 30.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £189k | £234k | £220k | £241k |
| Profit per employee | £8.6k | £11.4k | £12.5k | £26.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲23.6% | ▼2.2% | ▲19.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲33% | ▲13.6% | ▲130.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲3.9% | ▲9.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.4m | £1.3m | £1m | £1.6m |
| Net assets | £3.9m | £4.3m | £4.5m | £4.5m |
| Fixed assets | £1.2m | £1m | £1m | £971k |
| Current assets | £3.9m | £5m | £6.2m | £6.7m |
| Debtors | £633k | £673k | £505k | £692k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 10.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 30.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £241k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £26.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 6.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 4.9%
- 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
- ▲0%
- Now £4.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲58%
- Now £1.6m
- Headcount
- ▲9%
- Now 59
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼5%
- Now £971k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- AL13 Group Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- AL13 Holdings Limited75–100%
- Pachuca Holdings Limited75–100%
- Dudleys Aluminium 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 Aug 2025 (profit £1.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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