The Albex Group Limited
Registered name: THE ALBEX GROUP LIMITED
The Albex Group Limited made £365m revenue and £149k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
The Albex Group Limited’s revenue fell 8% to £365m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £149k profit and 434 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in Paisley; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Paisley, Scotland
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2003
- 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 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £412m | £397m | £365m |
| Cost of sales | −£366m | −£347m | −£319m |
| Gross profit | £46.3m | £50.3m | £46.4m |
| Operating profit | £12.4m | £12.4m | £556k |
| Profit before tax | £12.7m | £12.6m | £723k |
| Profit after tax | £9.8m | £9.3m | £149k |
| Profit (best available) | £9.8m | £9.3m | £149k |
| Employees (average) | 357 | 385 | 434 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 2.4% | 2.3% | 0% |
| Gross margin | 11.2% | 12.7% | 12.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.2m | £1m | £842k |
| Profit per employee | £27.5k | £24.2k | £342 |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼3.6% | ▼8.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼5.1% | ▼98.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7.8% | ▲12.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 12.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £842k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £342
- 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
- ▲13%
- Now 434
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (8)
- Fiddes Payne LimitedRev. £4.9m · Profit −£827k
- Albex Group Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Albex Logistics LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Albex Properties LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Henley Bridge Ingredients LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Kent Foods LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Rainbow Dust LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Tom Walker and Sons LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £149k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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