Ajl Group Investments Limited
Registered name: AJL GROUP INVESTMENTS LIMITED
Part of Ajl Hotel Holdings Limited groupAjl Group Investments Limited made £2.8m revenue and £177k profit in the year to 28 Feb 2025.
Ajl Group Investments Limited’s revenue was £2.8m in the year to 28 Feb 2025, with £177k profit and 72 employees. The company is classified under “hotels and similar accommodation” and is based in Retford; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Retford, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 14 yrs · since 2011
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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 | 29 Feb 2024 | 28 Feb 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £2.8m |
| Cost of sales | — | £1.9m |
| Gross profit | — | £892k |
| Operating profit | — | £323k |
| Profit before tax | £147k | £176k |
| Profit after tax | £62.3k | £177k |
| Profit (best available) | £62.3k | £177k |
| Staff costs | £1.2m | £1.2m |
| Employees (average) | 80 | 72 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | — | 6.3% |
| Gross margin | — | 31.6% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £39.2k |
| Profit per employee | £779 | £2.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Profit growth | — | ▲184.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼10% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £142k | £1.1m |
| Net assets | £2.5m | £2.7m |
| Fixed assets | £4.2m | — |
| Current assets | £1.6m | £3m |
| Debtors | £40.6k | £1.9m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 31.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £39.2k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.5k
- 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
- 66.3%
- 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
- ▲9%
- Now £2.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲681%
- Now £1.1m
- Headcount
- ▼10%
- Now 72
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Ajl Hotel Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Ajl Group Investments Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Ajl Developments LimitedRev. £3m · Profit £2.3m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 28 Feb 2025 (profit £177k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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