Emsworth Service Station Limited
Registered name: EMSWORTH SERVICE STATION LIMITED
Emsworth Service Station Limited made £20.7m revenue and £818k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Emsworth Service Station Limited’s revenue fell 6% to £20.7m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £818k profit and 8 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating” and is based in Wembley; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Wembley, London
- Age
- 15 yrs · since 2010
- Type
- Private Limited Company
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 | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £21.9m | £20.7m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £19.7m | £18.2m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £2.2m | £2.4m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £1.3m | £1.4m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £1.1m | £1.1m |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £809k | £818k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £809k | £818k |
| Staff costs | — | — | £611k | £608k |
| Employees (average) | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 3.7% | 4% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 10% | 11.8% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £2.7m | £2.6m |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £101k | £102k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | 46.7% | 5.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▼5.6% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲1.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲33.3% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £696k | £765k | £109k | £476k |
| Net assets | £2m | £19.7k | £829k | £1.5m |
| Fixed assets | £1.7m | £1.7m | £1.7m | £1.9m |
| Current assets | £3m | £3.2m | £3.6m | £5.3m |
| Debtors | £233k | £316k | £302k | £88.1k |
| Deferred income | — | — | £719 | £22.3k |
| Cash from operations | — | — | £623k | £79.1k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 11.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £2.6m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £102k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 5.7%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 9%
- 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
- 0.4%
- 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
- ▲84%
- Now £1.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲338%
- Now £476k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 8
- Deferred income
- ▲2996%
- Now £22.3k
- Fixed assets
- ▲8%
- Now £1.9m
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 £818k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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