Ace Essential Supplies (Trading) Limited
Registered name: ACE ESSENTIAL SUPPLIES (TRADING) LIMITED
Part of Hayes Hygiene Limited groupAce Essential Supplies (Trading) Limited made £322k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
Ace Essential Supplies (Trading) Limited reported £322k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025, down 33% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 27 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of china and glassware and cleaning materials” and is based in Cardiff; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cardiff, Wales
- Age
- 16 yrs · since 2010
- 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: “In”
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 | 30 Sep 2021 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | — |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £481k | £322k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £481k | £322k |
| Employees (average) | 28 | 24 | 26 | 27 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | — |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £18.5k | £11.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼33% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | — | ▲3.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £206k | £385k | £197k | £371k |
| Net assets | £2.4m | £889k | £1.4m | £1.2m |
| Fixed assets | £62.7k | £96.4k | £94.4k | £149k |
| Current assets | £3.3m | £1.9m | £2.1m | £1.9m |
| Debtors | £800k | £816k | £1.1m | £632k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 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
- £11.9k
- 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
- ▼14%
- Now £1.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲88%
- Now £371k
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 27
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲58%
- Now £149k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Hayes Hygiene Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Ace Essential Supplies Holdings Limited75–100%
- Ace Essential Supplies (Trading) 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 £322k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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