Ashton Bentley Trading Limited
Registered name: ASHTON BENTLEY TRADING LIMITED
Ashton Bentley Trading Limited made £3.1m revenue and £22.8k profit in the year to 31 May 2025.
Ashton Bentley Trading Limited’s revenue was £3.1m in the year to 31 May 2025, with £22.8k profit and 14 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other electrical equipment” and is based in Dartford.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Dartford, South East
- Age
- 2 yrs · since 2024
- 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 | 31 May 2025 |
|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |
| Revenue (turnover) | £3.1m |
| Cost of sales | £1.7m |
| Gross profit | £1.4m |
| Operating profit | £34k |
| Profit before tax | £30.3k |
| Profit after tax | £22.8k |
| Profit (best available) | £22.8k |
| Employees (average) | 14 |
| Ratios | |
| Profit margin | 0.7% |
| Gross margin | 45.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £220k |
| Profit per employee | £1.6k |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |
| Cash at bank | £110k |
| Net assets | £22.8k |
| Fixed assets | £19.4k |
| Current assets | £1.1m |
| Debtors | £15k |
| Deferred income | £34.7k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 45.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £220k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.5%
- 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 £22.8k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £110k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 14
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £34.7k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £19.4k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 May 2025 (profit £22.8k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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