Alexander Ash Consulting Limited
Registered name: ALEXANDER ASH CONSULTING LIMITED
Part of Abr Partners Holdings Ltd groupAlexander Ash Consulting Limited made £8.2m revenue and £107k profit in the year to 28 Feb 2025. read from filing text
Alexander Ash Consulting Limited’s revenue fell 15% to £8.2m in the year to 28 Feb 2025, with £107k profit and 32 employees. The company is classified under “temporary employment agency activities” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 25 yrs · since 2001
- 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.
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”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 28 Feb 2022 | 28 Feb 2023 | 29 Feb 2024 | 28 Feb 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Profit only | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £9.7m | £8.2m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £7.6m | £6.1m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £2.1m | £2.1m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £130k | £181k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £116k | £207k |
| Profit after tax | — | −£2.9k | £48.8k | £107k |
| Profit (best available) | — | −£2.9k | £48.8k | £107k |
| Staff costs | — | — | £4.1m | £2.1m |
| Employees (average) | 25 | 26 | 25 | 32 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 0.5% | 1.3% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 21.5% | 26% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £387k | £257k |
| Profit per employee | — | −£111 | £1.9k | £3.3k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | −793.5% | −213.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▼14.9% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲119.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4% | ▼3.9% | ▲28% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £58.8k | £59.4k | £479k | £944k |
| Net assets | £344k | £234k | £283k | £390k |
| Fixed assets | £1.9m | £1.8m | £1.7m | £1.6m |
| Current assets | £2.4m | £2.4m | £2.2m | £2.2m |
| Debtors | £748k | £1.4m | £702k | £572k |
| Deferred income | — | £566k | £681k | £523k |
| Cash from operations | — | — | −£1m | −£386k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 26%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £257k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −213.7%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 20%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 6.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 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
- ▲38%
- Now £390k
- Cash at bank
- ▲97%
- Now £944k
- Headcount
- ▲28%
- Now 32
- Deferred income
- ▼23%
- Now £523k
- Fixed assets
- ▼6%
- 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
- Abr Partners Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Abr Partners Limited75–100%
- Alexander Ash Consulting Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Consulting Professionals LimitedRev. £13.3m · Profit £528k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 28 Feb 2025 (profit £107k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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