Ashland Specialties UK Limited
Registered name: ASHLAND SPECIALTIES UK LIMITED
Part of Ashland Inc groupAshland Specialties UK Limited made £34.9m revenue and £377k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Ashland Specialties UK Limited’s revenue fell 22% to £34.9m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £377k profit and 17 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other chemical products” and is based in London; we hold 3 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. From the filing: “Ashland Industries Europe GmbH”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £43.6m | £44.8m | £34.9m |
| Cost of sales | £39.6m | £41.2m | £31.4m |
| Gross profit | £4.1m | £3.6m | £3.5m |
| Operating profit | −£484k | −£692k | −£688k |
| Profit before tax | £2.4m | £2.1m | £612k |
| Profit after tax | £1.6m | £1.7m | £377k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.6m | £1.7m | £377k |
| Staff costs | £3.6m | £4m | £3.7m |
| Employees (average) | 20 | 18 | 17 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 3.8% | 3.7% | 1.1% |
| Gross margin | 9.3% | 8% | 9.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £2.2m | £2.5m | £2.1m |
| Profit per employee | £82.1k | £92.6k | £22.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲2.8% | ▼22.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲1.5% | ▼77.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼10% | ▼5.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £0 | £5k | £26k |
| Net assets | £65.4m | £55.1m | £55.2m |
| Fixed assets | £1.2m | £1.1m | £900k |
| Current assets | £102m | £99.6m | £104m |
| Debtors | £10.1m | £241k | £483k |
| Deferred income | £960k | £684k | £550k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 9.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £2.1m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £22.2k
- 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
- 1.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.4%
- 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
- ▲0%
- Now £55.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲420%
- Now £26k
- Headcount
- ▼6%
- Now 17
- Deferred income
- ▼20%
- Now £550k
- Fixed assets
- ▼15%
- Now £900k
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
- Ashland Inc (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Ashland Specialties UK 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 30 Sep 2025 (profit £377k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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