ALFA LAVAL LIMITED
Get an alert when ALFA LAVAL LIMITED files next
Leroy will email you the moment a new filing lands at Companies House — one short note per filing, nothing else.
Cash
£824k
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£36m
+14.4% vs 2024
Employees
168
-4.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£5.4m
+10% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
-
1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £71,934,000 | £66,011,000 | £75,174,000 | +13.9% | |
| Operating profit | £3,160,000 | £1,839,000 | £3,472,000 | +88.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £9,685,000 | £4,873,000 | £5,360,000 | +10% | |
| Net profit | £7,582,000 | £2,958,000 | £4,637,000 | +56.8% | |
| Cash | — | £0 | £824,000 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £47,159,000 | £32,593,000 | £37,954,000 | +16.4% | |
| Net assets | £45,433,000 | £31,512,000 | £36,048,000 | +14.4% | |
| Equity | £45,433,000 | £31,512,000 | £36,048,000 | +14.4% | |
| Average employees | 180 | 176 | 168 | -4.5% | |
| Wages | £11,440,000 | £11,995,000 | £12,695,000 | +5.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £371,000 | £305,000 | £321,000 | +5.2% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £45,000 | £27,000 | £25,000 | -7.4% | |
| Highest paid director | £267,531 | £107,209 | £174,947 | +63.2% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.4% | 2.8% | 4.6% | |
| Net margin | 10.5% | 4.5% | 6.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 6.7% | 5.6% | 9.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 23.6% | 27.4% | 28.1% | |
| Current ratio | 4.50x | 3.74x | 3.80x | |
| Interest cover | 77.07x | 19.16x | 17.36x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- ALFA LAVAL LIMITED 1993-12-31 → present
- ALFA LAVAL COMPANY LIMITED 1923-01-22 → 1993-12-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have defined the going concern period as the 12-month period commencing from the date of approval of these financial statements. The Company has net current assets and has traded profitably over the year ended 31 December 2025.”
Group structure
- ALFA LAVAL LIMITED · parent
- Tranter Limited 100%
- Rolls Laval Heat Exchangers Limited 50%
Significant events
- “In June 2026 the company paid an interim dividend of £10,000,000 in respect of the year ending 31 December 2026.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 25 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRACCO, Alessandro | Director | 2026-06-17 | Dec 1983 | Italian |
| PATEL, Nainesh Mahendra | Director | 2011-10-01 | Jan 1962 | British |
| WOOLHOUSE, Stephen | Director | 2019-06-07 | Jan 1976 | British |
Show 25 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BALL, Judith Mary Anne | Secretary | 2001-06-27 | 2004-09-30 |
| BARKER, Simon Charles | Secretary | 1995-03-01 | 2001-06-27 |
| FOX, Lawrence | Secretary | 2013-03-18 | 2019-06-07 |
| GAUL, Nicholas | Secretary | 2004-09-30 | 2008-07-28 |
| MEREDITH, Gordon | Secretary | — | 1995-03-01 |
| RILEY, David | Secretary | 2008-07-28 | 2010-01-15 |
| BALL, Judith Mary Anne | Director | 2002-12-01 | 2004-09-30 |
| BELLINKX, Jose Theo | Director | 1993-09-13 | 2000-03-13 |
| BJORKMAN, Nils Harald Georg Akesson | Director | 1992-07-02 | 1993-09-13 |
| BRASEN, Ulf Ulrich | Director | — | 1993-08-01 |
| BRIDGES, Rachel | Director | 2024-05-21 | 2026-06-30 |
| DAHLQVIST, Lars Edvard | Director | 1998-09-01 | 2001-06-01 |
| FOX, Lawrence | Director | 2013-06-12 | 2019-06-07 |
| GAUL, Nicholas | Director | 2005-08-01 | 2008-07-31 |
| HALLDEN, Lars Harry | Director | — | 1993-08-01 |
| HELLBORG, Mikael | Director | 2019-02-04 | 2024-03-31 |
| KELLY, Richard Edward | Director | 2008-07-01 | 2014-02-10 |
| LEIFLAND, Peter Jonas | Director | 2004-09-01 | 2011-10-01 |
| LINDQUIST, Per-Erik Christer | Director | 2002-03-26 | 2004-09-01 |
| MELHUISH, Anthony John | Director | — | 2002-12-01 |
| PATEL, Nainesh Mahendra | Director | 2000-06-01 | 2005-10-18 |
| PETROU, Marios | Director | 2014-02-10 | 2019-02-04 |
| RILEY, David | Director | 2008-07-28 | 2010-01-15 |
| SYED, Alexander | Director | 2005-10-12 | 2008-07-31 |
| DE WIT, JACOBUS JOHANNES CORNELIS MARIA | Corporate Director | 2010-01-15 | 2013-03-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alfa Laval Ab | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-05-09 | Active |
| Alfa Laval Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-07-31 | Ceased 2025-05-09 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 197 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-04-02 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-07-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-06-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-05-15 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-15 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-05-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-02 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2024-04-02 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2024-04-02 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2024-04-02 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.