Ashville Trading Limited
Registered name: ASHVILLE TRADING LIMITED
Part of Ashville College Trustee Limited groupAshville Trading Limited made £733k revenue and £214k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
Ashville Trading Limited’s revenue grew 6% to £733k in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £214k profit. The company is classified under “event catering activities” and is based in Harrogate; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Harrogate, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 35 yrs · since 1991
- 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 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £671k | £693k | £733k |
| Cost of sales | £343k | £381k | −£425k |
| Gross profit | £328k | £312k | £308k |
| Operating profit | £233k | £220k | £214k |
| Profit before tax | £233k | £220k | £214k |
| Profit after tax | £233k | £220k | £214k |
| Profit (best available) | £233k | £220k | £214k |
| Employees (average) | 40 | 42 | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 34.7% | 31.8% | 29.1% |
| Gross margin | 48.9% | 45% | 42.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £16.8k | £16.5k | — |
| Profit per employee | £5.8k | £5.2k | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲3.3% | ▲5.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼5.3% | ▼3.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £273k | £254k | — |
| Net assets | £284k | £272k | — |
| Fixed assets | £3.1k | £2.3k | — |
| Current assets | £352k | £395k | — |
| Debtors | £78.5k | £141k | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 29.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 42.1%
- 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
- Ashville College Trustee Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Ashville Trading Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit £214k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 14 Oct 2026
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