Ashford Cattle Market Company Limited(The)
Registered name: ASHFORD CATTLE MARKET COMPANY LIMITED(THE)
Ashford Cattle Market Company Limited(The) made £995k revenue and £234k profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025.
Ashford Cattle Market Company Limited(The)’s revenue grew 4% to £995k in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £234k profit and 9 employees. The company is classified under “agents selling agricultural raw materials, livestock, textile raw materials and semi-finished goods” and is based in Kent; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Kent, South East
- Age
- 170 yrs · since 1856
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1m | £958k | £995k |
| Gross profit | £1m | £958k | £995k |
| Operating profit | £357k | £271k | £264k |
| Profit before tax | £357k | £283k | £271k |
| Profit after tax | £289k | £231k | £234k |
| Profit (best available) | £289k | £231k | £234k |
| Employees (average) | 8 | 9 | 9 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 28.4% | 24.2% | 23.5% |
| Gross margin | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Revenue per employee | £127k | £106k | £111k |
| Profit per employee | £36.1k | £25.7k | £26k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼5.7% | ▲3.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼19.9% | ▲1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲12.5% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £498k | £600k | £493k |
| Net assets | £6.1m | £6.2m | £6.1m |
| Fixed assets | £7.9m | £8m | £8.1m |
| Current assets | £711k | £839k | £772k |
| Debtors | £147k | £160k | £177k |
| Deferred income | £111k | £115k | £125k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 23.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 100%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £111k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £26k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 811.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 12.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 17.8%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- ▼1%
- Now £6.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼18%
- Now £493k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 9
- Deferred income
- ▲8%
- Now £125k
- Fixed assets
- ▲1%
- Now £8.1m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jul 2025 (profit £234k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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