Ainsworth and Parkinson Limited
Registered name: AINSWORTH AND PARKINSON LIMITED
Part of A&p Knowhow Limited groupAinsworth and Parkinson Limited made £265k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
Ainsworth and Parkinson Limited reported £265k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025, up 5% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 28 employees. The company is classified under “video production activities” and is based in Lancashire; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Lancashire, North West
- 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.
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
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 | No P&L | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | — |
| Profit after tax | — | £283k | £253k | £265k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £283k | £253k | £265k |
| Employees (average) | 34 | 29 | 28 | 28 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | — |
| Profit per employee | — | £9.7k | £9k | £9.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼10.5% | ▲4.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼14.7% | ▼3.5% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £4.3k | £1.6k | £68.4k | £107k |
| Net assets | £332k | £334k | £344k | £424k |
| Fixed assets | £65.9k | £49.6k | £48.9k | £61.5k |
| Current assets | £866k | £857k | £825k | £906k |
| Debtors | £402k | £480k | £437k | £363k |
| Deferred income | £131k | £93.9k | £92.5k | £102k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £9.5k
- 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
- ▲23%
- Now £424k
- Cash at bank
- ▲57%
- Now £107k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 28
- Deferred income
- ▲10%
- Now £102k
- Fixed assets
- ▲26%
- Now £61.5k
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
- A&p Knowhow Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Ainsworth and Parkinson Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
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 £265k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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