Ambershire Limited
Registered name: AMBERSHIRE LIMITED
Part of Jerram Group Limited groupAmbershire Limited made £1m revenue and £72.1k profit in the year to 1 May 2025. read from filing text
Ambershire Limited’s revenue fell 9% to £1m in the year to 1 May 2025, with £72.1k profit and 11 employees. The company is classified under “growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds” and is based in Dunmow; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Dunmow, East of England
- Age
- 50 yrs · since 1976
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently. From the filing: “The ultimate controlling party of the company is Jerram”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 1 May 2022 | 1 May 2023 | 1 May 2024 | 1 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.2m | £1.2m | £1.1m | £1m |
| Cost of sales | £683k | £790k | £825k | £817k |
| Gross profit | £508k | £428k | £314k | £222k |
| Operating profit | £178k | £26.7k | −£131k | −£195k |
| Profit before tax | £177k | £26.3k | −£132k | £101k |
| Profit after tax | £138k | £18.4k | −£124k | £72.1k |
| Profit (best available) | £138k | £18.4k | −£124k | £72.1k |
| Employees (average) | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 11.6% | 1.5% | −10.9% | 6.9% |
| Gross margin | 42.6% | 35.2% | 27.6% | 21.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £132k | £135k | £114k | £94.4k |
| Profit per employee | £15.3k | £2k | −£12.4k | £6.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲2.3% | ▼6.6% | ▼8.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼86.6% | ▼770% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲11.1% | ▲10% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £853k | £761k | £665k | £485k |
| Net assets | £1.9m | £1.9m | £1.8m | £1.9m |
| Fixed assets | £1.5m | £1.5m | £1.5m | £1.6m |
| Current assets | £1.4m | £1.2m | £1.1m | £875k |
| Debtors | £103k | £70.6k | £67.3k | £67.4k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 21.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £94.4k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 152.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 6.5%
- 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
- ▲6%
- Now £1.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▼27%
- Now £485k
- Headcount
- ▲10%
- Now 11
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲5%
- Now £1.6m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Jerram Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Jerram Falkus Limited50–75%
- Ambershire Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (4)
- Jerram Developments LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Jerram Property Delivery LimitedFigures not disclosed
- William J. Jerram (Agricultural Investments) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- William J.jerram 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 1 May 2025 (profit £72.1k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 12 Oct 2026
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