Ashworth Europe Limited
Registered name: ASHWORTH EUROPE LIMITED
Part of Ashworth Bros, Inc groupAshworth Europe Limited made £5.8m revenue and £643k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Ashworth Europe Limited’s revenue grew 5% to £5.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £643k profit and 21 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of lifting and handling equipment” and is based in Dudley; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Dudley, West Midlands
- Age
- 32 yrs · since 1994
- 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 company's immediate parent company is Ashworth Bros. Inc., a company registered in the USA.”
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 | Profit & lossread from filing text | Profit & lossread from filing text | Profit & lossread from filing text | Profit & lossread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £4.9m | £5.6m | £5.5m | £5.8m |
| Cost of sales | £4.4m | £4.5m | £4.3m | £4.4m |
| Gross profit | £543k | £1.1m | £1.2m | £1.4m |
| Operating profit | −£175k | £513k | £596k | £569k |
| Profit before tax | −£177k | £506k | £593k | £569k |
| Profit after tax | −£271k | £726k | £639k | £643k |
| Profit (best available) | −£271k | £726k | £639k | £643k |
| Employees (average) | 20 | 20 | 20 | 21 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −5.5% | 12.9% | 11.6% | 11.1% |
| Gross margin | 11.1% | 19.1% | 22.6% | 23.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £245k | £280k | £275k | £276k |
| Profit per employee | −£13.5k | £36.3k | £32k | £30.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲14.5% | ▼1.9% | ▲5.4% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼11.9% | ▲0.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | ▲5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £394k | £360k | £658k | £1.5m |
| Net assets | £1.2m | £1.9m | £2.5m | £3.2m |
| Fixed assets | £219k | £251k | £244k | £224k |
| Current assets | £3.5m | £4.1m | £3.7m | £4.8m |
| Debtors | £453k | £584k | £913k | £513k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 11.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 23.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £276k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £30.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 8.8%
- 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
- ▲25%
- Now £3.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲121%
- Now £1.5m
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 21
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼8%
- Now £224k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Ashworth Bros, Inc (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Ashworth Europe Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Issuecrown 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 31 Dec 2025 (profit £643k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.