ALUTRADE LIMITED
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Cash
£1.9m
-9.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£3m
-6.7% vs 2024
Employees
64
-7.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£852k
-27.9% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-11-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-11-30 | 2025-11-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £32,549,193 | £34,118,675 | +4.8% | |
| Operating profit | £1,254,558 | £929,598 | -25.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,180,618 | £851,805 | -27.9% | |
| Net profit | £943,669 | £413,250 | -56.2% | |
| Cash | £2,090,861 | £1,887,564 | -9.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,630,596 | £5,876,241 | -11.4% | |
| Net assets | £3,213,460 | £2,996,710 | -6.7% | |
| Equity | £3,213,460 | £2,996,710 | -6.7% | |
| Average employees | 69 | 64 | -7.2% | |
| Wages | £2,352,673 | £2,942,248 | +25.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £305,328 | £886,198 | +190.2% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £30,739 | £39,221 | +27.6% | |
| Highest paid director | £123,349 | £653,650 | +429.9% |
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 | 2024-11-30 | 2025-11-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.9% | 2.7% | |
| Net margin | 2.9% | 1.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 18.9% | 15.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 74.3% | 73.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.28x | 1.28x | |
| Interest cover | 14.51x | 9.68x |
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
- ALUTRADE LIMITED 1985-12-17 → present
- LAWNPARK LIMITED 1984-04-05 → 1985-12-17
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Sumer Auditco Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEORGE, Michael James | Director | 2017-06-21 | Mar 1984 | British |
| PUGH, Kevin David | Director | 2017-06-21 | Oct 1975 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CECLICH, Gerard John | Secretary | 1996-03-15 | 2002-07-31 |
| EVANS, Steven | Secretary | 1994-12-01 | 1996-03-15 |
| GEORGE, Christopher David | Secretary | — | 1994-12-01 |
| GEORGE, Malcolm | Secretary | 2002-08-27 | 2017-06-21 |
| POWELL, Andrew | Secretary | 2017-06-21 | 2023-05-08 |
| CECLICH, Gerard John | Director | — | 2002-07-31 |
| EVANS, Steven | Director | 1998-06-19 | 2002-07-31 |
| FORD, Shaun Michael | Director | 2017-06-21 | 2020-11-24 |
| GEORGE, Andrea | Director | 2016-01-01 | 2017-06-21 |
| GEORGE, Christopher David | Director | — | 2017-06-21 |
| GEORGE, Malcolm | Director | — | 2025-09-30 |
| LARNER, Donald Elston | Director | 1998-04-01 | 2015-12-29 |
| POWELL, Andrew | Director | 2017-06-21 | 2023-05-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alutrade Management Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-11-27 | Active |
| Alutrade Management Team Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-10-28 | Ceased 2025-11-27 |
| Mr Malcolm George | Individual | Shares 50–75% (as firm) | 2018-03-31 | Ceased 2024-10-28 |
| George Brothers Investments Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2018-03-31 | Ceased 2024-01-09 |
| Mr Christopher David George | Individual | Shares 25–50% (as firm) | 2016-04-14 | Ceased 2024-10-28 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 180 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-12 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-08-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-08-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-02-14 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-12 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type medium | |
| 2025-08-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-16 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-16 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-16 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-16 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-01-28 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-01-28 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-01-09 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-09-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type medium | |
| 2024-08-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-08-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.