Ireland Alloys Limited
Registered name: IRELAND ALLOYS LIMITED
Ireland Alloys Limited made £31.7m revenue and a £2.2m loss in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Ireland Alloys Limited’s revenue fell 17% to £31.7m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with a loss of £2.2m and 52 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of metals and metal ores” and is based in Hamilton; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hamilton, Scotland
- Age
- 62 yrs · since 1964
- 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 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £38.4m | £31.7m |
| Cost of sales | £38.5m | £32.3m |
| Gross profit | −£94k | −£532k |
| Operating profit | −£1.7m | −£2m |
| Profit before tax | −£2m | −£2.4m |
| Profit after tax | −£1.5m | −£2.2m |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.5m | −£2.2m |
| Staff costs | £2.3m | £2.2m |
| Employees (average) | 58 | 52 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −3.9% | −7.1% |
| Gross margin | −0.2% | −1.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £662k | £610k |
| Profit per employee | −£25.6k | −£43.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼17.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼10.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £1k | £1k |
| Net assets | £7.7m | £5.4m |
| Fixed assets | £5.4m | £7.7m |
| Current assets | £13.9m | £11.8m |
| Debtors | £8.5m | £5.5m |
| Cash from operations | −£20k | £593k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −7.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- −1.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £610k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£43.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 24.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 17.3%
- 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
- ▼29%
- Now £5.4m
- Cash at bank
- 0%
- Now £1k
- Headcount
- ▼10%
- Now 52
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲42%
- Now £7.7m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit −£2.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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