Alternative Building Services Southern Limited
Registered name: ALTERNATIVE BUILDING SERVICES SOUTHERN LIMITED
Alternative Building Services Southern Limited made £953k revenue and £202k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2024.
Alternative Building Services Southern Limited’s revenue grew 106% to £953k in the year to 31 Mar 2024, with £202k profit and -3 employees. The company is classified under “other building completion and finishing” and is based in Havant; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active - Proposal to Strike off
- Location
- Havant, South East
- Age
- 11 yrs · since 2015
- 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 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £463k | £953k |
| Cost of sales | — | £611k |
| Gross profit | £117k | £342k |
| Operating profit | £52.2k | £252k |
| Profit before tax | £51k | £250k |
| Profit after tax | £50.6k | £202k |
| Profit (best available) | £50.6k | £202k |
| Employees (average) | -3 | -3 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 10.9% | 21.2% |
| Gross margin | 25.3% | 35.9% |
| Revenue per employee | −£154k | −£318k |
| Profit per employee | −£16.9k | −£67.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲105.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲299.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £44.7k | £105k |
| Net assets | £25.4k | £174k |
| Fixed assets | −£10.6k | −£3.3k |
| Current assets | £138k | £271k |
| Debtors | £80k | £140k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 21.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 35.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- −£318k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£67.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- −0.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.7%
- 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
- ▲584%
- Now £174k
- Cash at bank
- ▲135%
- Now £105k
- Headcount
- —
- Now -3
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now −£3.3k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2024 (profit £202k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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