ALTRO LIMITED
ActiveKey figures
Amounts are in EUR (the currency of the accounts).
† ALTRO LIMITED filed these accounts on paper, so Companies House publishes them only as a scanned image. The figures for the years marked † were read automatically from the scan and kept only where the statements add up (for example net assets equal total equity), but a reading error is still possible — check the original accounts at Companies House.
Ratios
2025Sector comparison
SIC 20590Where the company stands among the 1,086 active companies whose first SIC code is 20590 (Manufacture of other chemical products n.e.c.).
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Positions are approximate. Figures come from each company's latest accounts; money and employee figures are compared only with companies that filed accounts in pounds for a period ending in the last two and a half years and are not dormant. The line on each bar marks the median.
Summary: ALTRO LIMITED
What kind of company is it?
ALTRO LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 00154159. It was incorporated on 7 Apr 1919. Its status is active. The registered office is in Hertfordshire (SG6). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is manufacture of other chemical products n.e.c. (20590), manufacture of builders ware of plastic (22230).
How is the company doing financially?
The latest accounts in the database are for 2025 (period ending 31 Dec 2025); the company files full accounts. Turnover was 125,216,000 EUR. Profit for the year was 6,170,000 EUR. Net assets were 56,601,000 EUR, up 3.1% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was 3,369,000 EUR. Total assets were 80,521,000 EUR and total liabilities 21,107,000 EUR. Figures are available for 2 financial years (2024–2025).
How does it compare with similar companies?
Compared with 1,086 active companies whose first SIC code is 20590: It is older than 99% of them (median age 13.5 years).
Does it supply the public sector?
The company is named as a supplier in 2 public contract award notices from 2 public sector buyers since 2019. 2 of the awards are shared with other suppliers, typically framework agreements.
What do public registers and reports show?
It appears on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors (Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker, Skilled Worker). HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly salt, stone and cement, organic chemicals, plastics. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly organic chemicals, paints, dyes and inks, soaps and waxes. In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 42 days to pay suppliers, and 73% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. Its gender pay gap report for 2025/26 shows median hourly pay for women 7.2% lower than for men. It has a modern slavery statement on the government registry.
Who runs and controls the company?
One person with significant control is registered.
When are its next filings due?
The next accounts are due by 30 Sep 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 4 Jul 2027.
Filed accounts2024–2025
| 2024 † | 2025 † | |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | 129,561,000 | 125,216,000 |
| Profit for the year | 6,421,000 | 6,170,000 |
| Cash at bank and in hand | 7,077,000 | 3,369,000 |
| Total assets | 76,079,000 | 80,521,000 |
| Total liabilities | 19,266,000 | 21,107,000 |
| Net assets / total equity | 54,890,000 | 56,601,000 |
A dash (—) means no accounts were filed for that year or the item is not in the accounts; 0 is a zero stated in the accounts. Small companies usually file only a balance sheet, so the profit and loss account is often missing.
Public contracts
2 contractsALTRO LIMITED is named as a supplier in 2 public contract award notices from 2 public sector buyers since 2019. 2 awards are shared with other suppliers.
- Crescent Purchasing Consortium (CPC)
- 1 contract
- NEUPC Ltd
- 1 contract
- Floor Coverings‡NEUPC Ltd · shared by 26 suppliers, up to £60,000,000 in total
- CA6362 - Flooring Supplies and Services (to include fitting, repair and maintenance) Framework‡Crescent Purchasing Consortium (CPC) · shared by 7 suppliers, up to £1,333,334 in total
From contract award notices on Contracts Finder (since 2016) and Find a Tender (since 2021), published by the Cabinet Office under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Values are as published by the buyer and usually cover the whole contract term; the total leaves out awards shared between several suppliers, where the published figure is a ceiling for all of them, placeholder values and single figures of £1 billion or more. Notices marked ‡ do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name. Contracts below the publication thresholds and those of devolved buyers that publish elsewhere are not included.
Statutory reporting
- Average time taken to pay invoices
- 42 days
- Invoices not paid within agreed terms
- 73%
- Standard payment terms
- 14–60 days
- Member of a payment code
- No
- Within 30 days 31%
- 31 to 60 days 55%
- After 60 days 14%
Earlier periods (7)
- Period ending
- Days to pay
- Within 30 days
- Late
- 30 Jun 2025
- 35
- 32%
- 74%
- 31 Dec 2024
- 35
- 37%
- 73%
- 30 Jun 2024
- 35
- 36%
- 76%
- 31 Dec 2023
- 33
- 42%
- 75%
- 30 Jun 2023
- 33
- 46%
- 79%
- 31 Dec 2022
- 32
- 44%
- 76%
- 30 Jun 2022
- 30
- 47%
- 74%
- Median hourly pay
- women 7.2% lower
- Mean hourly pay
- women 11% lower
- Median bonus pay
- women 6.2% lower
- Employer size
- 500 to 999 employees
Earlier years (8)
- Year
- Median hourly pay
- Mean hourly pay
- 2024/25
- women 9.9% lower
- women 14.4% lower
- 2023/24
- women 5.8% lower
- women 11.5% lower
- 2022/23
- women 0.7% lower
- women 10.4% lower
- 2021/22
- women 2.1% higher
- women 8.7% lower
- 2020/21
- women 2.4% lower
- women 9.4% lower
- 2019/20
- women 3.3% lower
- women 15.6% lower
- 2018/19
- women 0.5% lower
- women 9.7% lower
- 2017/18
- women 3.7% lower
- women 12.4% lower
A positive gap means women's average hourly pay is lower than men's across the whole employer; it is not a comparison of pay for the same work. View on the Gender pay gap service
- 2022
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (ALTRO GROUP LIMITED)
Figures the company reported itself to the government's Check payment practices service, Gender pay gap service and Modern slavery statement registry (Open Government Licence v3.0). Only large companies and employers with 250 or more staff have to report, so most companies have nothing here.
Registers and licences
- Licence type and rating
- Worker (A rating)
- Routes
- Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker, Skilled Worker
On the Home Office register of licensed sponsors, which lists organisations licensed to sponsor workers from overseas.
Listed by HMRC as an importer of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: salt, stone and cement, organic chemicals, plastics, paper and paperboard and machinery.
Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: organic chemicals, paints, dyes and inks, soaps and waxes, plastics and other textile articles.
From HMRC's monthly lists of importers and exporters. Traders can ask to be left off the lists, so absence does not mean a company does not trade.
Sources: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Care Quality Commission, Home Office and HM Revenue & Customs, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Entries marked ‡ come from lists that do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name.
History
4 events- Financial year 2025 endedAccounts: turnover 125.2m EUR, net assets 56.6m EUR
- Financial year 2024 endedAccounts: turnover 129.6m EUR, net assets 54.9m EUR
- Altro Group Limited registered as a person with significant control
- Company incorporatedPrivate limited company
Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database. Former persons with significant control are not listed.