Ames Goldsmith U.K. Limited
Registered name: AMES GOLDSMITH U.K. LIMITED
Part of Ames Goldsmith Corp groupAmes Goldsmith U.K. Limited made £86.7m revenue and £1.8m profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Ames Goldsmith U.K. Limited’s revenue grew 13% to £86.7m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £1.8m profit and 22 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other inorganic basic chemicals” and is based in Bootle; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bootle, North West
- Age
- 20 yrs · since 2006
- 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 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £80.2m | £76.5m | £86.7m |
| Cost of sales | £77.7m | £74.1m | £81.9m |
| Gross profit | £2.5m | £2.4m | £4.8m |
| Operating profit | £282k | £345k | £2.4m |
| Profit before tax | £165k | £336k | £2.4m |
| Profit after tax | £248k | £363k | £1.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £248k | £363k | £1.8m |
| Staff costs | £1.6m | £1.4m | £1.6m |
| Employees (average) | 26 | 22 | 22 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 0.3% | 0.5% | 2.1% |
| Gross margin | 3.1% | 3.2% | 5.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £3.1m | £3.5m | £3.9m |
| Profit per employee | £9.5k | £16.5k | £81.4k |
| Cash conversion | −420.8% | 470.5% | −83% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼4.6% | ▲13.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲46.7% | ▲393.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼15.4% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £5.1m | £3.3m | £5.2m |
| Net assets | £4.3m | £4.7m | £6.5m |
| Fixed assets | £423k | £369k | £344k |
| Current assets | £7.8m | £7.5m | £8.6m |
| Debtors | £885k | £2.7m | £1.7m |
| Deferred income | £265k | £244k | — |
| Cash from operations | −£1.2m | £1.6m | −£2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 5.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £3.9m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £81.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −83%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2%
- 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
- ▲38%
- Now £6.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲55%
- Now £5.2m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 22
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼7%
- Now £344k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Ames Goldsmith Corp (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Ames Goldsmith U.K. 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 30 Jun 2025 (profit £1.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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