Ashe Controls Limited
Registered name: ASHE CONTROLS LIMITED
Ashe Controls Limited made £8.2m revenue and £1.6m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Ashe Controls Limited’s revenue fell 8% to £8.2m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £1.6m profit and 61 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other special-purpose machinery” and is based in Ipswich; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ipswich, East of England
- Age
- 52 yrs · since 1974
- 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 | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £8.9m | £8.7m | £8.9m | £8.2m |
| Cost of sales | £3.9m | £3.8m | £3.6m | £3.6m |
| Gross profit | £5m | £4.8m | £5.3m | £4.7m |
| Operating profit | £2.1m | £2m | £2.1m | £1.9m |
| Profit before tax | £2.1m | £2.1m | £2.2m | £2.1m |
| Profit after tax | £1.8m | £1.7m | £1.8m | £1.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.8m | £1.7m | £1.8m | £1.6m |
| Staff costs | £2.6m | £2.6m | £2.8m | £2.8m |
| Employees (average) | 63 | 63 | 63 | 61 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 20.1% | 19.6% | 19.9% | 19.9% |
| Gross margin | 55.9% | 55.9% | 59.5% | 56.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £141k | £138k | £142k | £135k |
| Profit per employee | £28.3k | £27k | £28.3k | £26.9k |
| Cash conversion | −23.3% | −141.2% | −108.3% | −114.4% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼2.2% | ▲3.2% | ▼7.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼4.6% | ▲4.7% | ▼7.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | ▼3.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | — | £6m | £6.3m | £6.4m |
| Net assets | — | £6.9m | £7.3m | £7.3m |
| Fixed assets | £761k | £748k | £812k | £730k |
| Current assets | — | £8.4m | £8.9m | £8.5m |
| Debtors | £3m | £1.6m | £1.6m | £932k |
| Cash from operations | −£489k | −£2.8m | −£2.2m | −£2.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 19.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 56.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £135k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £26.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −114.4%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 8.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11.3%
- 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 £7.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲2%
- Now £6.4m
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 61
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼10%
- Now £730k
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Ashe Controls (Northern) LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £1.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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