Alan Snow Agricultural Engineers Limited
Registered name: ALAN SNOW AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERS LIMITED
Alan Snow Agricultural Engineers Limited made £13.6m revenue and £358k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Alan Snow Agricultural Engineers Limited’s revenue fell 7% to £13.6m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £358k profit and 31 employees. The company is classified under “support activities for crop production” and is based in Bideford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bideford, South West
- Age
- 16 yrs · since 2010
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £13.1m | £18m | £14.6m | £13.6m |
| Cost of sales | £11.8m | £16.8m | £13.7m | £12.8m |
| Gross profit | £1.2m | £1.3m | £956k | £734k |
| Operating profit | £988k | £987k | £649k | £405k |
| Profit before tax | £982k | £994k | £656k | £489k |
| Profit after tax | £771k | £797k | £485k | £358k |
| Profit (best available) | £771k | £797k | £485k | £358k |
| Staff costs | £847k | £922k | £1.1m | £1.2m |
| Employees (average) | 26 | 28 | 31 | 31 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.9% | 4.4% | 3.3% | 2.6% |
| Gross margin | 9.5% | 7% | 6.5% | 5.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £503k | £645k | £472k | £438k |
| Profit per employee | £29.6k | £28.5k | £15.7k | £11.5k |
| Cash conversion | −42.9% | −19.1% | −83.4% | −67.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲38.1% | ▼19% | ▼7.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲3.5% | ▼39.1% | ▼26.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7.7% | ▲10.7% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.2m | £925k | £1.1m | £1.3m |
| Net assets | £4.9m | £5.7m | £6.2m | £6.5m |
| Fixed assets | £1m | £1m | £993k | £936k |
| Current assets | £8.2m | £9.7m | £8.7m | £10m |
| Debtors | £1.8m | £1.9m | £1.8m | £1.8m |
| Deferred income | £1.9m | £2.8m | £1.1m | £2.1m |
| Cash from operations | −£424k | −£189k | −£541k | −£274k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 5.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £438k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £11.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −67.7%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 6.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 15.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13%
- 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
- ▲6%
- Now £6.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲13%
- Now £1.3m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 31
- Deferred income
- ▲97%
- Now £2.1m
- Fixed assets
- ▼6%
- Now £936k
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 Mar 2025 (profit £358k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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