Richard Austin Alloys Holdings Limited
Registered name: RICHARD AUSTIN ALLOYS HOLDINGS LIMITED
Richard Austin Alloys Holdings Limited made £209m revenue and £3m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Richard Austin Alloys Holdings Limited’s revenue was £209m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £3m profit and 280 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of metals and metal ores” and is based in Leeds; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Leeds, Yorkshire and The Humber
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £215m | £209m |
| Cost of sales | −£184m | −£178m |
| Gross profit | £31.3m | £30.9m |
| Operating profit | £7.2m | £4.2m |
| Profit before tax | £7.1m | £4.2m |
| Profit after tax | £5.2m | £3m |
| Profit (best available) | £5.2m | £3m |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 280 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 2.4% | 1.5% |
| Gross margin | 14.6% | 14.8% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £745k |
| Profit per employee | — | £10.9k |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £1 | — |
| Net assets | £1 | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 14.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £745k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £10.9k
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now 280
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (7)
- Richard Austin Alloys (Northern) LimitedRev. £51m · Profit £585k
- Richard Austin Alloys (Midlands) LimitedRev. £44m · Profit £552k
- Richard Austin Alloys (North West) LimitedRev. £41.2m · Profit £419k
- Richard Austin Alloys (Scotland) LimitedRev. £34.9m · Profit £877k
- Richard Austin Alloys (South East) LimitedRev. £32.4m · Profit £225k
- Richard Austin Alloys (South West) LimitedRev. £31.3m · Profit £254k
- Richard Austin Alloys LimitedRev. £950k · Profit −£100k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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