Aston Chemists Limited
Registered name: ASTON CHEMISTS LIMITED
Part of Astons Healthcare Ltd groupAston Chemists Limited made £8.9m revenue and £131k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Aston Chemists Limited’s revenue was £8.9m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £131k profit. The company is classified under “other human health activities” and is based in Accrington; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Accrington, North West
- Age
- 39 yrs · since 1987
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £7.5m | £8.1m | £9m | £8.9m |
| Cost of sales | £5.3m | £5.9m | £6.7m | −£6.5m |
| Gross profit | £2.2m | £2.2m | £2.3m | £2.4m |
| Operating profit | £323k | £61.8k | £98.5k | £69.2k |
| Profit before tax | £447k | £394k | £443k | £209k |
| Profit after tax | £360k | £312k | £311k | £131k |
| Profit (best available) | £360k | £312k | £311k | £131k |
| Staff costs | £1.2m | £1.3m | £1.4m | — |
| Employees (average) | 69 | 68 | 74 | — |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4.8% | 3.9% | 3.5% | 1.5% |
| Gross margin | 28.9% | 27.1% | 25.4% | 27.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £108k | £119k | £121k | — |
| Profit per employee | £5.2k | £4.6k | £4.2k | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲8.1% | ▲11% | ▼0.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼13.5% | ▼0.1% | ▼58.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼1.5% | ▲8.8% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £815k | £681k | £902k | — |
| Net assets | £9.5m | £9.5m | £9.8m | — |
| Fixed assets | £3.6m | £3.4m | £3.5m | — |
| Current assets | £7.3m | £7.4m | £7.7m | — |
| Debtors | £785k | £763k | £735k | — |
| Deferred income | £17.3k | £23.1k | £28k | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 27.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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 —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Astons Healthcare Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Aston Chemists Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Ayton LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Moorland Pharmacy LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £131k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 19 Oct 2026
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