ALPLA UK LIMITED
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† ALPLA UK 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 22290Where the company stands among the 3,690 active companies whose first SIC code is 22290 (Manufacture of other plastic products).
- ESSENTRA COMPONENTS LIMITED£245.7m
- TRIMAS PACKAGING LIMITED£202.5m
- BRITISH POLYTHENE INDUSTRIES LIMITED£171.5m
- ALPLA UK LIMITED£146.3m
- ZOTEFOAMS PLC£130.1m
- NYLACAST HOLDINGS LIMITED£101.8m
- BALMORAL COMTEC LIMITED£98.8m
- SPECIALIST BUILDING PRODUCTS LIMITED£95.2m
- ROBOBOND LIMITED£93.4m
- SANGENIC INTERNATIONAL LTD.£93.4m
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, so those groups are smaller than 3,690. The line on each bar marks the median.
Summary: ALPLA UK LIMITED
What kind of company is it?
ALPLA UK LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 02482190. It was incorporated on 16 Mar 1990. Its status is active. The registered office is in Warrington (WA3). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is manufacture of other plastic products (22290).
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 £311,873,000. Profit for the year was £21,430,000. Net assets were £146,339,000, up 9.6% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was £10,789,000. Total assets were £213,054,000 and total liabilities £59,793,000. Figures are available for 2 financial years (2024–2025).
How does it compare with similar companies?
Compared with 3,690 active companies whose first SIC code is 22290: By turnover it ranks higher than 99% of the 280 that publish turnover (median £15,953,485). By net assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £113,435). By total assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £357,639). By cash it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £123,753). It is older than 83% of them (median age 15.7 years).
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 optical, medical and measuring instruments, plastics, machinery. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly plastics, machinery, electrical equipment. In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 35 days to pay suppliers, and 29% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. Its gender pay gap report for 2025/26 shows median hourly pay for women 17.3% lower than for men.
When are its next filings due?
The next accounts are due by 30 Sep 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 30 Mar 2027.
Filed accounts2024–2025
| 2024 † | 2025 † | |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | 306,007,000 | 311,873,000 |
| Profit for the year | 17,628,000 | 21,430,000 |
| Cash at bank and in hand | 9,410,000 | 10,789,000 |
| Total assets | 207,068,000 | 213,054,000 |
| Total liabilities | 67,490,000 | 59,793,000 |
| Net assets / total equity | 133,550,000 | 146,339,000 |
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.
Statutory reporting
- Average time taken to pay invoices
- 35 days
- Invoices not paid within agreed terms
- 29%
- Member of a payment code
- No
- Within 30 days 50%
- 31 to 60 days 48%
- After 60 days 2%
Earlier periods (7)
- Period ending
- Days to pay
- Within 30 days
- Late
- 31 Dec 2025
- 32
- 62%
- 28%
- 30 Jun 2025
- 32
- 53%
- 30%
- 31 Dec 2024
- 36
- 55%
- 28%
- 30 Jun 2024
- 38
- 53%
- 32%
- 31 Dec 2023
- 40
- 57%
- 33%
- 30 Jun 2023
- 43
- 57%
- 36%
- 31 Dec 2022
- 37
- 59%
- 37%
- Median hourly pay
- women 17.3% lower
- Mean hourly pay
- women 12.2% lower
- Median bonus pay
- women 124.5% higher
- Employer size
- 500 to 999 employees
Earlier years (8)
- Year
- Median hourly pay
- Mean hourly pay
- 2024/25
- women 18.6% lower
- women 13.8% lower
- 2023/24
- women 22.1% lower
- women 11.2% lower
- 2022/23
- women 15.7% lower
- women 13% lower
- 2021/22
- women 17.7% lower
- women 12.3% lower
- 2020/21
- women 6.6% lower
- women 5.2% lower
- 2019/20
- women 16.1% lower
- women 12.9% lower
- 2018/19
- women 19.6% lower
- women 15.2% lower
- 2017/18
- women 14.4% lower
- women 12.8% 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
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: optical, medical and measuring instruments, plastics, machinery, electrical equipment and coated textiles.
Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: plastics, machinery, electrical equipment, optical, medical and measuring instruments and paints, dyes and inks.
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
3 events- Financial year 2025 endedAccounts: turnover £311.9m, net assets £146.3m
- Financial year 2024 endedAccounts: turnover £306m, net assets £133.6m
- 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.