Ashbury Labelling Limited
Registered name: ASHBURY LABELLING LIMITED
Part of Normec Holding UK Limited groupAshbury Labelling Limited made £11m revenue and £411k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2024.
Ashbury Labelling Limited’s revenue grew 6% to £11m in the year to 31 Mar 2024, with £411k profit and 187 employees. The company is classified under “other food services” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 15 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10.1m | £10.4m | £11m |
| Cost of sales | £8m | £6.7m | £6.7m |
| Gross profit | £2m | £3.7m | £4.3m |
| Operating profit | −£374k | £581k | £601k |
| Profit before tax | −£415k | £525k | £558k |
| Profit after tax | −£424k | £467k | £411k |
| Profit (best available) | −£424k | £467k | £411k |
| Staff costs | £7.5m | £7.5m | £8m |
| Employees (average) | 198 | 180 | 187 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −4.2% | 4.5% | 3.7% |
| Gross margin | 20.1% | 35.7% | 39.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £50.8k | £57.5k | £58.7k |
| Profit per employee | −£2.1k | £2.6k | £2.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲3% | ▲6% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼12% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼9.1% | ▲3.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £230k | £918k | £688k |
| Net assets | £531k | £819k | £1m |
| Fixed assets | £199k | £42.6k | £290k |
| Current assets | £2.6m | £2.8m | £2.8m |
| Debtors | £2m | £1.5m | £1.5m |
| Deferred income | £322k | £314k | £378k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2024 | Accounts · bulk data May 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 39.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £58.7k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.7%
- 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
- ▲23%
- Now £1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼25%
- Now £688k
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 187
- Deferred income
- ▲20%
- Now £378k
- Fixed assets
- ▲580%
- Now £290k
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
- Normec Holding UK Limitedultimate parent50–75%
- Ashbury Enterprises Limited75–100%
- Ashbury Labelling 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 accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2024 (profit £411k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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