Ashton Lodge (Sunbury) Ltd
Registered name: ASHTON LODGE (SUNBURY) LTD
Ashton Lodge (Sunbury) Ltd made £8.4m revenue and £376k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Ashton Lodge (Sunbury) Ltd’s revenue grew 9% to £8.4m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £376k profit and 112 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in East Sussex; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- East Sussex, South East
- Age
- 21 yrs · since 2005
- 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. From the filing: “The ultimate controlling parties are The Estate of M Sheikh and Guardswell Group Limited, a company owned by GSC Fiduciaries Limited (in its capacity as the trustee of the Guardswell Trust).”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £4.1m | £5.4m | £7.7m | £8.4m |
| Cost of sales | £268k | £285k | £443k | £469k |
| Gross profit | £3.9m | £5.2m | £7.3m | £8m |
| Operating profit | £439k | £971k | £978k | £2.4m |
| Profit before tax | £308k | £785k | £609k | £2m |
| Profit after tax | £833k | £1.1m | £395k | £376k |
| Profit (best available) | £833k | £1.1m | £395k | £376k |
| Staff costs | £2.8m | £3.2m | £4.1m | £4.4m |
| Employees (average) | — | 87 | 101 | 112 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 20.2% | 19.9% | 5.1% | 4.5% |
| Gross margin | 93.5% | 94.8% | 94.3% | 94.5% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £62.6k | £76.4k | £75.3k |
| Profit per employee | — | £12.5k | £3.9k | £3.4k |
| Cash conversion | 395.7% | 189.2% | 14.9% | 26.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲32% | ▲41.6% | ▲9.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲30.1% | ▼63.6% | ▼4.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▲16.1% | ▲10.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.9k | £3.1k | £5.3k | £5.1k |
| Net assets | £10.3m | £9.1m | £8.7m | £9.1m |
| Fixed assets | £18.9m | £16.8m | £16.8m | £16.8m |
| Current assets | £7.2m | £7.8m | £8.8m | £10.5m |
| Debtors | £663k | £906k | £1.2m | £741k |
| Deferred income | — | — | — | £5.8k |
| Cash from operations | £1.7m | £1.8m | £145k | £643k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 94.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £75.3k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 26.9%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 198.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 8.8%
- 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
- ▲4%
- Now £9.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼5%
- Now £5.1k
- Headcount
- ▲11%
- Now 112
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £5.8k
- Fixed assets
- 0%
- Now £16.8m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Ashton Lodge LimitedRev. £8.4m · Profit £1.2m
Minority corporate shareholders
- Guardswell Group Limited 25–50%
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 2025 (profit £376k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 22 Oct 2026
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