Albany Hill Topco Limited
Registered name: ALBANY HILL TOPCO LIMITED
Part of Melrose Row Ltd groupAlbany Hill Topco Limited made £20.6m revenue and a £53.6k loss in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Albany Hill Topco Limited’s revenue was £20.6m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with a loss of £53.6k and 632 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Cheltenham; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cheltenham, South West
- Age
- 3 yrs · since 2023
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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. From the filing: “Melrose Row Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 2 May 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £212k | £8.4m | £20.6m |
| Cost of sales | £104k | £4.8m | £10.5m |
| Gross profit | £108k | £3.6m | £10.1m |
| Operating profit | £70.9k | £1.5m | £4.3m |
| Profit before tax | £71.1k | −£579k | £805k |
| Profit after tax | £71.1k | −£8.7k | −£53.6k |
| Profit (best available) | £71.1k | −£8.7k | −£53.6k |
| Staff costs | £91.6k | £4.6m | £11.1m |
| Employees (average) | 2 | 139 | 632 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 33.6% | −0.1% | −0.3% |
| Gross margin | 51% | 42.8% | 49.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £106k | £60.7k | £32.6k |
| Profit per employee | £35.6k | −£63 | −£85 |
| Cash conversion | 12.9% | 251.9% | 125.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | £2 | £2.7m | £8.6m |
| Fixed assets | £504k | £14.2m | £44.1m |
| Current assets | £259k | £1.5m | £5.2m |
| Debtors | £68.2k | £260k | £421k |
| Cash from operations | £9.2k | £3.8m | £5.4m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 49.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £32.6k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£85
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 125.6%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 214.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.1%
- 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
- —
- Now £8.6m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now 632
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £44.1m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Melrose Row Ltdultimate parent50–75%
- Albany Hill Topco Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Albany Hill Midco LimitedRev. £0 · Profit −£1.5m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit −£53.6k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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