Ascentiar PLC
Registered name: ASCENTIAR PLC
Ascentiar PLC made £11.2m revenue and a £161k loss in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Ascentiar PLC’s revenue fell 13% to £11.2m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with a loss of £161k and 2 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in Stourbridge; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Stourbridge, West Midlands
- Age
- 11 yrs · since 2015
- Type
- Public 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £12.9m | £11.2m |
| Cost of sales | £11.2m | £9.5m | £8.1m |
| Gross profit | — | £3.4m | £3.1m |
| Operating profit | — | £72.5k | £327k |
| Profit before tax | £1.2m | £35.9k | −£52.7k |
| Profit after tax | £315k | £485k | −£161k |
| Profit (best available) | £315k | £485k | −£161k |
| Staff costs | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Employees (average) | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | 3.8% | −1.4% |
| Gross margin | — | 26.6% | 28% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £4.3m | £5.6m |
| Profit per employee | £105k | £162k | −£80.3k |
| Cash conversion | — | 36.8% | −230.2% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼13.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲54% | ▼133.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼33.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £40.2k | £10.4k | £78.2k |
| Net assets | £2.7m | £3.2m | £3.1m |
| Fixed assets | £5.1m | £5.7m | £4.5m |
| Current assets | £605k | £665k | £1.9m |
| Debtors | £261k | £0 | £0 |
| Deferred income | £58.5k | £30.1k | £35.7k |
| Cash from operations | £17.6k | £26.7k | −£754k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −1.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 28%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £5.6m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£80.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −230.2%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 39.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- ▼5%
- Now £3.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲654%
- Now £78.2k
- Headcount
- ▼33%
- Now 2
- Deferred income
- ▲18%
- Now £35.7k
- Fixed assets
- ▼22%
- Now £4.5m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (3)
- Black Country Pressings LimitedRev. £6.2m · Profit £380k
- C & H Pack Services LimitedRev. £174k · Profit £141k
- Black Country Pressings Holdings LtdRev. £153k · Profit £112k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit −£161k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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