Ashton Gate Limited
Registered name: ASHTON GATE LIMITED
Part of Bristol City Holdings Limited groupAshton Gate Limited made £18.4m revenue and a £5.5m loss in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Ashton Gate Limited’s revenue fell 29% to £18.4m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with a loss of £5.5m and 736 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Bristol; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bristol, South 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. From the filing: “Bristol City Holdings Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £25.9m | £18.4m |
| Operating profit | −£221k | −£3.4m |
| Profit before tax | −£2.4m | −£5.5m |
| Profit after tax | −£2.4m | −£5.5m |
| Profit (best available) | −£2.4m | −£5.5m |
| Staff costs | £8.9m | £9m |
| Employees (average) | 786 | 736 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −9.2% | −30% |
| Revenue per employee | £33k | £25k |
| Profit per employee | −£3k | −£7.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼29% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼6.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £1.3m | £931k |
| Net assets | −£33.7m | −£39.2m |
| Fixed assets | £40.5m | £38.8m |
| Current assets | £4.4m | £3.3m |
| Debtors | £446k | £652k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −30%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £25k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£7.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 210.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3.5%
- 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
- —
- Now −£39.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼29%
- Now £931k
- Headcount
- ▼6%
- Now 736
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼4%
- Now £38.8m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Bristol City Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Ashton Gate Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Bristol City Football Club LimitedRev. £24.1m · Profit −£13.1m
- BCFC LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit −£5.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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