Ethical Legal Services Ltd
Registered name: ETHICAL LEGAL SERVICES LTD
Part of Age UK Oxfordshire groupEthical Legal Services Ltd made £1.1m revenue and £22.9k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026.
Ethical Legal Services Ltd’s revenue grew 21% to £1.1m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with £22.9k profit and 24 employees. The company is classified under “social work activities without accommodation for the elderly and disabled” and is based in Abingdon; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Abingdon, South East
- Age
- 13 yrs · since 2013
- 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 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £794k | £926k | £1.1m |
| Cost of sales | £3.6k | £831 | £0 |
| Gross profit | £791k | £925k | £1.1m |
| Operating profit | £67.1k | −£1.6k | £27.2k |
| Profit before tax | £65.6k | −£13.1k | £22.9k |
| Profit after tax | £65.6k | −£13.1k | £22.9k |
| Profit (best available) | £65.6k | −£13.1k | £22.9k |
| Employees (average) | 19 | 23 | 24 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 8.3% | −1.4% | 2.1% |
| Gross margin | 99.6% | 99.9% | 100% |
| Revenue per employee | £41.8k | £40.2k | £46.5k |
| Profit per employee | £3.5k | −£570 | £955 |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲16.5% | ▲20.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼120% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲21.1% | ▲4.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 100%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £46.5k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £955
- 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
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 24
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Age UK Oxfordshireultimate parent75–100%
- Ethical Legal Services Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Action for Carers (Oxfordshire) LtdFigures not disclosed
- Age UK Oxfordshire Trading LtdFigures not disclosed
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 2026 (profit £22.9k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 14 Oct 2026
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