Ambitions Personnel Limited
Registered name: AMBITIONS PERSONNEL LIMITED
Ambitions Personnel Limited made £43.9m revenue and £584k profit in the year to 31 May 2025.
Ambitions Personnel Limited’s revenue grew 11% to £43.9m in the year to 31 May 2025, with £584k profit and 56 employees. The company is classified under “other activities of employment placement agencies” and is based in Newark; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Newark, East Midlands
- Age
- 34 yrs · since 1992
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 May 2022 | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £38.1m | £39.4m | £39.7m | £43.9m |
| Cost of sales | £33.6m | £34.4m | £34.9m | £39m |
| Gross profit | £4.4m | £4.9m | £4.9m | £4.9m |
| Operating profit | £1.5m | £2m | £1.7m | £1.2m |
| Profit before tax | £1.4m | £1.8m | £1.4m | £809k |
| Profit after tax | £1.1m | £1.5m | £1.1m | £584k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.1m | £1.5m | £1.1m | £584k |
| Staff costs | £2m | £2m | £2.1m | £2.3m |
| Employees (average) | 65 | 54 | 54 | 56 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3% | 3.7% | 2.8% | 1.3% |
| Gross margin | 11.6% | 12.6% | 12.3% | 11.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £585k | £729k | £735k | £784k |
| Profit per employee | £17.5k | £27k | £20.4k | £10.4k |
| Cash conversion | −159.2% | −55.6% | −89.4% | −124.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲3.5% | ▲0.8% | ▲10.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲28% | ▼24.6% | ▼46.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼16.9% | 0% | ▲3.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £492k | £66.1k | £77k | £163k |
| Net assets | £1.7m | £1.4m | £676k | £959k |
| Fixed assets | £676k | £651k | £641k | £798k |
| Current assets | £8m | £8.7m | £8.8m | £9.7m |
| Debtors | £7.3m | £8.4m | £8.4m | £8.2m |
| Deferred income | — | £977k | £783k | — |
| Cash from operations | −£2.4m | −£1.1m | −£1.5m | −£1.5m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 11.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £784k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £10.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −124.9%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 18.7%
- 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
- ▲42%
- Now £959k
- Cash at bank
- ▲112%
- Now £163k
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 56
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲24%
- Now £798k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 May 2025 (profit £584k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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