Ancala Water Services (Defence) Limited
Registered name: ANCALA WATER SERVICES (DEFENCE) LIMITED
Part of Ancala Water Services Investco Limited groupAncala Water Services (Defence) Limited made £65.6m revenue and £3.6m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026.
Ancala Water Services (Defence) Limited’s revenue fell 2% to £65.6m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with £3.6m profit and 156 employees. The company is classified under “sewerage” and is based in Barnsley; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Barnsley, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2002
- 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 | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £54.1m | £67.2m | £64.4m | £67m | £65.6m |
| Operating profit | £6.4m | £9.6m | — | — | — |
| Profit before tax | £6.4m | £9.6m | £7.3m | £9.9m | £5m |
| Profit after tax | £5.7m | £8.2m | £5.3m | £7.7m | £3.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £5.7m | £8.2m | £5.3m | £7.7m | £3.6m |
| Staff costs | £5.6m | £7.6m | £8.7m | £9m | £9m |
| Employees (average) | 124 | 130 | 141 | 145 | 156 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 10.5% | 12.3% | 8.2% | 11.5% | 5.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £437k | £517k | £457k | £462k | £420k |
| Profit per employee | £45.7k | £63.4k | £37.3k | £53k | £23.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲24.1% | ▼4% | ▲4% | ▼2.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲45.5% | ▼36.2% | ▲46% | ▼52.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.8% | ▲8.5% | ▲2.8% | ▲7.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £6.3m | £824k | £4.8m | £7m | £7.2m |
| Net assets | £17.4m | £21.2m | £16.7m | £22.1m | £16.5m |
| Current assets | £61.6m | £69m | £68.4m | £70.9m | £63.3m |
| Debtors | £348k | £181k | £121k | £99k | £91k |
| Deferred income | £14.4m | £18.1m | £17.1m | £14.8m | £13.3m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £420k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £23.4k
- 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
- 20.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- 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 £16.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲3%
- Now £7.2m
- Headcount
- ▲8%
- Now 156
- Deferred income
- ▼10%
- Now £13.3m
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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
- Ancala Water Services Investco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Ancala Water Services Topco 1 Limited75–100%
- Ancala Water Services Topco Limited75–100%
- Ancala Water Services Midco1 Limited75–100%
- Ancala Water Services Midco2 Limited75–100%
- Ancala Water Services Holdco Limited75–100%
- Ancala Water Services Bidco Limited75–100%
- Ancala Water Services (Defence) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Ancala Water Services (Estates) LimitedRev. £72.6m · Profit £832k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2026 (profit £3.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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