Acl Wholesale Limited
Registered name: ACL WHOLESALE LIMITED
Acl Wholesale Limited made £9.9m revenue and £2m profit in the year to 31 Jul 2023.
Acl Wholesale Limited’s revenue grew 27% to £9.9m in the year to 31 Jul 2023, with £2m profit and 37 employees. The company is classified under “agents involved in the sale of a variety of goods” and is based in Cardiff; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Liquidation
- Location
- Cardiff, Wales
- Age
- 8 yrs · since 2018
- 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 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £7.8m | £9.9m |
| Cost of sales | £5.2m | £6.6m |
| Gross profit | £2.6m | £3.3m |
| Operating profit | £2m | £2.4m |
| Profit before tax | £2m | £2.4m |
| Profit after tax | £1.7m | £2m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.7m | £2m |
| Employees (average) | 16 | 37 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 22.1% | 20% |
| Gross margin | 33.7% | 33.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £490k | £268k |
| Profit per employee | £108k | £53.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲26.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲14.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲131.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £795k | £853k |
| Net assets | £4.2m | £6.2m |
| Fixed assets | £1.6m | £2.3m |
| Current assets | £3m | £4.7m |
| Debtors | £1.4m | £2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 20%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 33.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £268k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £53.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 23.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 19.7%
- 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
- ▲47%
- Now £6.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲7%
- Now £853k
- Headcount
- ▲131%
- Now 37
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲46%
- Now £2.3m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jul 2023 (profit £2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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