Ashford Applications Limited
Registered name: ASHFORD APPLICATIONS LIMITED
Part of Customs Support Group B.V. groupAshford Applications Limited made £372k revenue and a £57.7k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2023.
Ashford Applications Limited’s revenue grew 18% to £372k in the year to 31 Dec 2023, with a loss of £57.7k and 5 employees. The company is classified under “information technology consultancy activities” and is based in Birmingham; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Liquidation
- Location
- Birmingham
- Age
- 29 yrs · since 1997
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £316k | £372k |
| Cost of sales | −£127k | −£71.3k |
| Gross profit | £189k | £301k |
| Operating profit | −£118k | −£76.6k |
| Profit before tax | −£118k | −£76.4k |
| Profit after tax | −£96.9k | −£57.7k |
| Profit (best available) | −£96.9k | −£57.7k |
| Employees (average) | 7 | 5 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −30.7% | −15.5% |
| Gross margin | 59.7% | 80.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £45.1k | £74.4k |
| Profit per employee | −£13.8k | −£11.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲17.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼28.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −15.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 80.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £74.4k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£11.5k
- 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
- ▼29%
- Now 5
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Customs Support Group B.V. (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Customs Support Group UK Limited75–100%
- Ashford Applications Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (5)
- Customs Support LtdLiquidationFigures not disclosed
- Duty Management Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ksi Portlink LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Rusak UK LtdLiquidationFigures not disclosed
- UK Customs Solutions LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2023 (profit −£57.7k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 18 Oct 2026
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