Ase PLC
Registered name: ASE PLC
Part of Valsoft UK Holdings Limited groupAse PLC made £5.6m revenue and a £1.6m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Ase PLC’s revenue fell 23% to £5.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £1.6m and 33 employees. The company is classified under “other information technology service activities” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 17 yrs · since 2009
- Type
- Public 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: “ASE Group Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Dec 2022 | 30 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £6.6m | £7.2m | £5.6m |
| Cost of sales | £6.9m | £5.7m | £4.1m |
| Gross profit | −£324k | £1.5m | £1.5m |
| Operating profit | −£829k | −£547k | −£1.6m |
| Profit before tax | −£864k | −£550k | −£1.5m |
| Profit after tax | −£555k | −£533k | −£1.6m |
| Profit (best available) | −£555k | −£533k | −£1.6m |
| Staff costs | £3.2m | £1.4m | £1.7m |
| Employees (average) | 46 | 36 | 33 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −8.5% | −7.4% | −28.9% |
| Gross margin | −4.9% | 20.7% | 26.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £143k | £201k | £169k |
| Profit per employee | −£12.1k | −£14.8k | −£48.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲10.2% | ▼22.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼21.7% | ▼8.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £363k | £328k | £236k |
| Net assets | −£799k | −£1.4m | −£2.9m |
| Fixed assets | £3.3m | £2.7m | £1.9m |
| Current assets | £3.7m | £3.5m | £1.9m |
| Debtors | £1.2m | £764k | £751k |
| Deferred income | £499k | £627k | £231k |
| Cash from operations | £826k | −£4.1k | £113k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −28.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 26.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £169k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£48.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 34.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.4%
- 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
- —
- Now −£2.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▼28%
- Now £236k
- Headcount
- ▼8%
- Now 33
- Deferred income
- ▼63%
- Now £231k
- Fixed assets
- ▼28%
- Now £1.9m
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
- Valsoft UK Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Ase Group Limited75–100%
- Ase PLCthis 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 Dec 2024 (profit −£1.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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