ALFA LAVAL LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-25 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-11
Watchouts
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£32M
-30.6% vs 2023
Employees
176
-2.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£5M
-49.7% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- ALFA LAVAL LIMITED 1993-12-31 → present
- ALFA LAVAL COMPANY LIMITED 1923-01-22 → 1993-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £71,934,000 | £66,011,000 | |
| Operating profit | £3,160,000 | £1,839,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £9,685,000 | £4,873,000 | |
| Net profit | £7,582,000 | £2,958,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £47,159,000 | £32,593,000 | |
| Net assets | £45,433,000 | £31,512,000 | |
| Equity | £45,433,000 | £31,512,000 | |
| Average employees | 180 | 176 | |
| Wages | £11,440,000 | £11,995,000 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.4% | 2.8% | |
| Net margin | 10.5% | 4.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 6.7% | 5.6% | |
| Current ratio | 4.50x | 3.74x | |
| Interest cover | 77.07x | 19.16x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of 12 months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- ALFA LAVAL LIMITED · parent
- Tranter Limited 100%
- Rolls Laval Heat Exchangers Limited 50%
Significant events
- “During 2023 year the Company's immediate parent company, Alfa Laval Holdings Limited, agreed to waive its right to the repayment of an intercompany loan of £25,238,521. The waiver and release of the debt balance constituted a capital contribution.”
- “On 9th May 2025 the shares in Alfa Laval Limited transferred from Alfa Laval Holdings Ltd to Alfa Laval NV.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRIDGES, Rachel | Director | 2024-05-21 | May 1975 | American |
| PATEL, Nainesh Mahendra | Director | 2011-10-01 | Jan 1962 | British |
| WOOLHOUSE, Stephen | Director | 2019-06-07 | Jan 1976 | British |
Show 24 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 |
| 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 193 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-04-02 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 2022-05-10 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-04-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type audit exemption subsiduary | |
| 2021-09-30 | PARENT_ACC | accounts | Legacy |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
-8.2%
£71,934,000 £66,011,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-30.6%
£45,433,000 £31,512,000
-
Employees
-2.2%
180 176
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Operating profit
-41.8%
£3,160,000 £1,839,000
-
Profit before tax
-49.7%
£9,685,000 £4,873,000
-
Wages
+4.9%
£11,440,000 £11,995,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers