Ashley Global Shipping Limited
Registered name: ASHLEY GLOBAL SHIPPING LIMITED
Part of Ashley Group Holdings Employee Ownership Trustee Limited groupAshley Global Shipping Limited made £45.9m revenue and a £3.7m loss in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Ashley Global Shipping Limited’s revenue grew 28% to £45.9m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with a loss of £3.7m and 20 employees. The company is classified under “other professional, scientific and technical activities” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 15 yrs · since 2011
- 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 | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £48.8m | £64.8m | £35.8m | £45.9m |
| Cost of sales | £43.7m | £60.5m | £30m | £45.3m |
| Gross profit | £5.1m | £4.4m | £5.8m | £633k |
| Operating profit | £4m | £1.2m | £1.3m | −£4m |
| Profit before tax | £4m | £1.2m | £1.3m | −£4m |
| Profit after tax | £3.3m | £939k | £981k | −£3.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.3m | £939k | £981k | −£3.7m |
| Staff costs | £698k | £2.4m | £3.6m | £4m |
| Employees (average) | — | 15 | 17 | 20 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 6.7% | 1.5% | 2.7% | −8% |
| Gross margin | 10.4% | 6.7% | 16.2% | 1.4% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £4.3m | £2.1m | £2.3m |
| Profit per employee | — | £62.6k | £57.7k | −£183k |
| Cash conversion | −333.6% | −923% | 164.8% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲33% | ▼44.7% | ▲28.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼71.2% | ▲4.5% | ▼472.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▲13.3% | ▲17.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.1m | £1.9m | £1.8m | £612k |
| Net assets | £10.6m | £11.4m | £9.5m | £5.9m |
| Fixed assets | £141k | £123k | £300k | £276k |
| Current assets | £27.1m | £40.7m | £40.8m | £44m |
| Debtors | £1.6m | £6.5m | £187k | £456k |
| Deferred income | £26.8k | £36k | £36k | £34k |
| Cash from operations | −£13.5m | −£11.1m | £2.2m | −£9.2m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 1.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £2.3m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£183k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.6%
- 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
- 1%
- 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
- ▼38%
- Now £5.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▼65%
- Now £612k
- Headcount
- ▲18%
- Now 20
- Deferred income
- ▼6%
- Now £34k
- Fixed assets
- ▼8%
- Now £276k
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
- Ashley Group Holdings Employee Ownership Trustee Limitedultimate parent50–75%
- Ashley Group Holdings Limited75–100%
- Ashley Global Shipping Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Ashley Chartering LimitedRev. £108m · Profit −£3.6m
- Alfa Commodities LimitedRev. £90.3m · Profit £2.4m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit −£3.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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