Aster Capital Management Limited
Registered name: ASTER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED
Part of Merkanti Capital Holdings Limited groupAster Capital Management Limited made £10.5m revenue and £2m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2024.
Aster Capital Management Limited’s revenue was £10.5m in the year to 31 Mar 2024, with £2m profit and 12 employees. The company is classified under “other professional, scientific and technical activities” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 6 yrs · since 2019
- 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 | 30 Nov 2022 | 31 Mar 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £2.8m | £10.5m |
| Operating profit | £816k | £2.4m |
| Profit before tax | £818k | £2.8m |
| Profit after tax | £670k | £2m |
| Profit (best available) | £670k | £2m |
| Staff costs | £2.5m | £5.8m |
| Employees (average) | 12 | 12 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 24.2% | 19% |
| Revenue per employee | £231k | £876k |
| Profit per employee | £55.9k | £166k |
| Cash conversion | 28.6% | −152.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £8.3m | £12.3m |
| Net assets | £8.1m | £10.1m |
| Fixed assets | £48.6k | £20k |
| Current assets | £9.4m | £12.8m |
| Debtors | £436k | £259k |
| Cash from operations | £233k | −£3.6m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 19%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £876k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £166k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −152.9%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.5%
- 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 £10.1m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £12.3m
- Headcount
- —
- Now 12
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £20k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Merkanti Capital Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Aster Capital Management 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 31 Mar 2024 (profit £2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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