Ascot Services UK Limited
Registered name: ASCOT SERVICES UK LIMITED
Ascot Services UK Limited made £18.3m revenue and £674k profit in the year to 31 May 2025. read from filing text
Ascot Services UK Limited’s revenue grew 36% to £18.3m in the year to 31 May 2025, with £674k profit and 191 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Manchester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Manchester, North West
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2003
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 May 2022 | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £13.3m | £12.7m | £13.4m | £18.3m |
| Cost of sales | £11.6m | £10.8m | £11.4m | £15.7m |
| Gross profit | £1.8m | £1.9m | £2m | £2.6m |
| Operating profit | £410k | £585k | £603k | £907k |
| Profit before tax | £401k | £569k | £587k | £911k |
| Profit after tax | £313k | £454k | £432k | £674k |
| Profit (best available) | £313k | £454k | £432k | £674k |
| Staff costs | £3.4m | £3.3m | £4.8m | £6.6m |
| Employees (average) | 88 | 81 | 126 | 191 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.4% | 3.6% | 3.2% | 3.7% |
| Gross margin | 13.4% | 14.9% | 14.9% | 14.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £152k | £157k | £107k | £96k |
| Profit per employee | £3.6k | £5.6k | £3.4k | £3.5k |
| Cash conversion | −168.7% | −48.2% | −206.8% | −98.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼4.8% | ▲5.8% | ▲36.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲44.8% | ▼4.7% | ▲55.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼8% | ▲55.6% | ▲51.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.8m | £1.6m | £2.1m | £2.1m |
| Net assets | £2m | £2.1m | £2.1m | £2.3m |
| Fixed assets | £672k | £627k | £587k | £629k |
| Current assets | £3.7m | £5.2m | £4.2m | £4.2m |
| Debtors | £1.7m | £3.4m | £1.8m | £1.8m |
| Deferred income | £370k | £483k | £424k | £444k |
| Cash from operations | −£692k | −£282k | −£1.2m | −£896k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 14.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £96k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −98.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 9.9%
- 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 £2.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼2%
- Now £2.1m
- Headcount
- ▲52%
- Now 191
- Deferred income
- ▲5%
- Now £444k
- Fixed assets
- ▲7%
- Now £629k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 May 2025 (profit £674k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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