Northern Touch Limited
Registered name: NORTHERN TOUCH LIMITED
Part of Ashdale UK Limited groupNorthern Touch Limited made £3.5m revenue and £34.9k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Northern Touch Limited’s revenue fell 8% to £3.5m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £34.9k profit and 104 employees. The company is classified under “hotels and similar accommodation” and is based in Tadcaster; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Tadcaster, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 29 yrs · since 1997
- 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 | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £3.3m | £3.3m | £3.8m | £3.5m |
| Cost of sales | £1.8m | £1.7m | £2m | £1.8m |
| Gross profit | £1.5m | £1.6m | £1.8m | £1.7m |
| Operating profit | £483k | £400k | £425k | £522k |
| Profit before tax | £339k | £49.3k | −£17.9k | £34.9k |
| Profit after tax | £339k | £49.3k | −£17.9k | £34.9k |
| Profit (best available) | £339k | £49.3k | −£17.9k | £34.9k |
| Staff costs | £1.3m | £1.3m | £1.5m | £1.4m |
| Employees (average) | 78 | 80 | 93 | 104 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 10.4% | 1.5% | −0.5% | 1% |
| Gross margin | 46.4% | 48.2% | 46.3% | 47.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £42k | £40.8k | £40.8k | £33.5k |
| Profit per employee | £4.3k | £617 | −£193 | £336 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼0.3% | ▲16.3% | ▼8.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼85.4% | ▼136.4% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2.6% | ▲16.3% | ▲11.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £474k | £324k | £141k | £112k |
| Net assets | £2.3m | £2.3m | £2.3m | £2.5m |
| Fixed assets | £1.1m | £1.4m | £1.6m | £1.6m |
| Current assets | £6.9m | £6.7m | £6.5m | £3.2m |
| Debtors | £61.3k | £28.8k | £11.4k | £15k |
| Deferred income | £120k | £94.7k | £100k | £92.9k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 47.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £33.5k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £336
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 46.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- 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
- ▲10%
- Now £2.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼21%
- Now £112k
- Headcount
- ▲12%
- Now 104
- Deferred income
- ▼7%
- Now £92.9k
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £1.6m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Ashdale UK Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Hazlewood Holdings Limited75–100%
- Northern Touch Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Surgeforward 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 30 Sep 2025 (profit £34.9k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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