AS24 Fuel Card Ltd
Registered name: AS24 FUEL CARD LTD
AS24 Fuel Card Ltd made £27.7m revenue and a £362k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
AS24 Fuel Card Ltd’s revenue fell 5% to £27.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £362k and 12 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale of automotive fuel in specialised stores” and is based in Watford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Watford, East of England
- Age
- 41 yrs · since 1985
- 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 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £49.8m | £36.1m | £29.2m | £27.7m |
| Cost of sales | £47.3m | £34.2m | £27.6m | £26.1m |
| Gross profit | £2.5m | £1.9m | £1.6m | £1.6m |
| Operating profit | £463k | −£146k | −£560k | −£95k |
| Profit before tax | £452k | −£188k | −£681k | −£460k |
| Profit after tax | £375k | −£90.8k | −£530k | −£362k |
| Profit (best available) | £375k | −£90.8k | −£530k | −£362k |
| Staff costs | £713k | £746k | £755k | £760k |
| Employees (average) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.8% | −0.3% | −1.8% | −1.3% |
| Gross margin | 5% | 5.4% | 5.5% | 5.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £4.5m | £3.3m | £2.7m | £2.3m |
| Profit per employee | £34.1k | −£8.3k | −£48.2k | −£30.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼27.5% | ▼19.1% | ▼5.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼124.2% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | ▲9.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £538k | £1.1m | £360k | £833k |
| Net assets | £427k | −£80.8k | −£524k | £113k |
| Fixed assets | £434k | £412k | £360k | £420k |
| Current assets | £9.7m | £8.7m | £7.5m | £6.9m |
| Debtors | £8.2m | £6.5m | £5.3m | £5.1m |
| Deferred income | £716k | £219k | £269k | £327k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −1.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 5.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £2.3m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£30.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 18.4%
- 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
- —
- Now £113k
- Cash at bank
- ▲132%
- Now £833k
- Headcount
- ▲9%
- Now 12
- Deferred income
- ▲22%
- Now £327k
- Fixed assets
- ▲17%
- Now £420k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Minority corporate shareholders
- Totalenergies Se (registered outside the UK register)
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£362k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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