Ambrey Response Services Ltd
Registered name: AMBREY RESPONSE SERVICES LTD
Part of Ambrey Limited groupAmbrey Response Services Ltd made £69.3m revenue and a £2.4m loss in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Ambrey Response Services Ltd’s revenue was £69.3m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with a loss of £2.4m and 0 employees. The company is classified under “private security activities” and is based in Hereford.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hereford, West Midlands
- Age
- 2 yrs · since 2024
- Type
- Private 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.
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 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |
| Revenue (turnover) | £69.3m |
| Cost of sales | £66.6m |
| Gross profit | £2.8m |
| Profit before tax | −£3.1m |
| Profit after tax | −£2.4m |
| Profit (best available) | −£2.4m |
| Employees (average) | 0 |
| Ratios | |
| Profit margin | −3.5% |
| Gross margin | 4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |
| Cash at bank | £5.1m |
| Net assets | −£2.4m |
| Current assets | £17m |
| Debtors | £11.5m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −3.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- 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
- 16.6%
- 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 −£2.4m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £5.1m
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Ambrey Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Ambrey Response Services Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (22)
- 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
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit −£2.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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