Asian Traders Limited
Registered name: ASIAN TRADERS LIMITED
Asian Traders Limited made £15.6m revenue and £2m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Asian Traders Limited’s revenue grew 9% to £15.6m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £2m profit and 32 employees. The company is classified under “non-specialised wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco” and is based in Hayes; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hayes, London
- Age
- 17 yrs · since 2008
- 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 company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Asian Traders Holdings Ltd, a company incorporated in England registered at Unit 5a, Silverdale Industrial Estate, Silverdale Road, Hayes, England, UB3 3BL”
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 | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £11.8m | £14.2m | £15.6m |
| Cost of sales | — | £8.9m | £10.5m | £11.7m |
| Gross profit | — | £2.9m | £3.8m | £3.9m |
| Operating profit | — | £2m | £2.9m | £2.7m |
| Profit before tax | — | £1.9m | £1.3m | £2.7m |
| Profit after tax | — | £1.5m | £670k | £2m |
| Profit (best available) | — | £1.5m | £670k | £2m |
| Staff costs | — | £501k | £582k | £661k |
| Employees (average) | 26 | 30 | 31 | 32 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 12.9% | 4.7% | 12.9% |
| Gross margin | — | 24.8% | 26.6% | 24.9% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £393k | £459k | £487k |
| Profit per employee | — | £50.8k | £21.6k | £62.6k |
| Cash conversion | — | 66.6% | 85.5% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲20.9% | ▲9.4% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼56% | ▲199.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲15.4% | ▲3.3% | ▲3.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.1m | £722k | £1.7m | £332k |
| Net assets | £4.8m | £6.3m | £4.5m | £6.5m |
| Fixed assets | £4m | £3.9m | £199k | £186k |
| Current assets | £5.4m | £5.5m | £6.4m | £6.9m |
| Debtors | £799k | £950k | £952k | £994k |
| Deferred income | — | £8.7k | £25.3k | £19.2k |
| Cash from operations | — | £1.3m | £2.5m | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 12.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 24.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £487k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £62.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.2%
- 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
- 6.4%
- 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
- ▲44%
- Now £6.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼80%
- Now £332k
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 32
- Deferred income
- ▼24%
- Now £19.2k
- Fixed assets
- ▼7%
- Now £186k
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 Mar 2025 (profit £2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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