Ross Agri Services Limited
Registered name: ROSS AGRI SERVICES LIMITED
Ross Agri Services Limited made £19.3m revenue and £478k profit in the year to 28 Feb 2025. read from filing text
Ross Agri Services Limited’s revenue grew 14% to £19.3m in the year to 28 Feb 2025, with £478k profit and 45 employees. The company is classified under “repair of machinery” and is based in Montrose; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Montrose, Scotland
- Age
- 31 yrs · since 1994
- 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. From the filing: “The ultimate controlling party is Martin Ross.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 28 Feb 2022 | 28 Feb 2023 | 28 Feb 2024 | 28 Feb 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £16.8m | £19.3m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £13.9m | £15.8m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £3m | £3.5m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £461k | £695k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £419k | £606k |
| Profit after tax | £224k | £249k | £309k | £478k |
| Profit (best available) | £224k | £249k | £309k | £478k |
| Staff costs | — | — | £1.4m | £1.7m |
| Employees (average) | 32 | 35 | 38 | 45 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 1.8% | 2.5% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 17.7% | 18.2% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £443k | £428k |
| Profit per employee | £7k | £7.1k | £8.1k | £10.6k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | −321.3% | 28% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲14.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲10.9% | ▲24.5% | ▲54.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲9.4% | ▲8.6% | ▲18.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £984k | £489k | £1.1m | — |
| Net assets | £2.4m | £2.6m | £2.8m | £3.2m |
| Fixed assets | £1.5m | £1.5m | £2.4m | £2.4m |
| Current assets | £3.8m | £3.1m | £4.6m | £4.1m |
| Debtors | £349k | £629k | £1.1m | £598k |
| Deferred income | — | — | £1.5m | £1.2m |
| Cash from operations | — | — | −£1.5m | £194k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 18.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £428k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £10.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 28%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 12.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 6.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3.1%
- 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
- ▲14%
- Now £3.2m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲18%
- Now 45
- Deferred income
- ▼17%
- Now £1.2m
- Fixed assets
- ▼2%
- Now £2.4m
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 28 Feb 2025 (profit £478k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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