Ambrey Limited
Registered name: AMBREY LIMITED
Ambrey Limited made £142m revenue and £18.2m profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Ambrey Limited’s revenue grew 185% to £142m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £18.2m profit and 122 employees. The company is classified under “private security activities” and is based in Hereford; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hereford, West Midlands
- Age
- 10 yrs · since 2016
- Type
- Private Limited Company
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 | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £60.7m | £49.8m | £142m |
| Cost of sales | −£44.1m | −£35.1m | −£94.8m |
| Gross profit | £16.6m | £14.6m | £46.8m |
| Operating profit | £1.1m | £2.9m | £22.7m |
| Profit before tax | £1.1m | £4.9m | £22.8m |
| Profit after tax | £803k | £4.7m | £18.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £803k | £4.7m | £18.2m |
| Employees (average) | 95 | 85 | 122 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 1.3% | 9.4% | 12.9% |
| Gross margin | 27.3% | 29.4% | 33% |
| Revenue per employee | £639k | £585k | £1.2m |
| Profit per employee | £8.5k | £54.8k | £150k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼18% | ▲184.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲479.8% | ▲291.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼10.5% | ▲43.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 12.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 33%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.2m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £150k
- 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
- ▲44%
- Now 122
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (23)
- Ambrey Response Services LtdRev. £69.3m · Profit −£2.4m
- Ambrey International LimitedRev. £25.5m · Profit −£778k
- Ambrey (Markab) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ambrey (Menkar) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ambrey 25N LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ambrey Air LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ambrey Analytics LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ambrey Global Response (NO.2) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ambrey Global Response (NO.3) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ambrey Global Response LtdFigures not disclosed
- Ambrey Global Specialty LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ambrey Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ambrey Markab Management LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ambrey Nigeria LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ambrey Offshore LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ambrey Orsuro LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ambrey Pegasus LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ambrey Travel LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ambrey Venturer LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bachawy LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Lord Jim LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Servus Management LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Tier 1 Risk LimitedFigures not disclosed
Minority corporate shareholders
- Humber Court Limited 25–50%
- Begwns Limited 25–50%
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit £18.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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