Ashford Environmental Services Limited
Registered name: ASHFORD ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES LIMITED
Part of Ashford Trustees Limited groupAshford Environmental Services Limited made £12.9m revenue and £257k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025. read from filing text
Ashford Environmental Services Limited’s revenue grew 7% to £12.9m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £257k profit and 103 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- 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 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £12.8m | £12.1m | £12.9m |
| Cost of sales | — | £9m | £8.9m | £9.6m |
| Gross profit | — | £3.8m | £3.2m | £3.3m |
| Operating profit | — | £769k | £251k | £361k |
| Profit before tax | — | £756k | £238k | £351k |
| Profit after tax | — | £572k | £150k | £257k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £572k | £150k | £257k |
| Employees (average) | 92 | 104 | 108 | 103 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 4.5% | 1.2% | 2% |
| Gross margin | — | 29.9% | 26.1% | 25.8% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £123k | £112k | £125k |
| Profit per employee | — | £5.5k | £1.4k | £2.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼5.8% | ▲6.7% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼73.8% | ▲71.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲13% | ▲3.9% | ▼4.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £10.1k | £515k | £0 | £50.7k |
| Net assets | £1m | £1m | £690k | £508k |
| Fixed assets | £323k | £281k | £302k | £303k |
| Current assets | £2.3m | £2.9m | £2.4m | £2.3m |
| Debtors | £2.1m | £2.2m | £1.4m | £824k |
| Deferred income | — | £675k | £511k | £934k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 25.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £125k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 7.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 6.4%
- 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
- ▼26%
- Now £508k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £50.7k
- Headcount
- ▼5%
- Now 103
- Deferred income
- ▲83%
- Now £934k
- Fixed assets
- ▲1%
- Now £303k
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
- Ashford Trustees Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Ashford Environmental Services 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 FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit £257k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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