Alex the Builder Ltd
Registered name: ALEX THE BUILDER LTD
Alex the Builder Ltd made £46.4k revenue and £5.3k profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025.
Alex the Builder Ltd’s revenue grew 10% to £46.4k in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £5.3k profit and 2 employees. The company is classified under “other building completion and finishing” and is based in Barking; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Barking, London
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2014
- 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 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £40.7k | £42.3k | £46.4k |
| Profit after tax | £8.1k | £5.8k | £5.3k |
| Profit (best available) | £8.1k | £5.8k | £5.3k |
| Staff costs | £26.8k | £26k | £22k |
| Employees (average) | — | 2 | 2 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 19.8% | 13.8% | 11.4% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £21.1k | £23.2k |
| Profit per employee | — | £2.9k | £2.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲4% | ▲9.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼27.5% | ▼9.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | £817 | £1.2k | £244 |
| Current assets | £18 | £9 | £11.6k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 11.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £23.2k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- ▼79%
- Now £244
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 2
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jul 2025 (profit £5.3k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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