Aykroyd & Sons Limited
Registered name: AYKROYD & SONS LIMITED
Part of Aykroyd and Sons Holdings Limited groupAykroyd & Sons Limited made £81.7m revenue and £2.6m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Aykroyd & Sons Limited’s revenue grew 43% to £81.7m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £2.6m profit and 115 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of clothing and footwear” and is based in Gwynedd; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Gwynedd, Wales
- Age
- 94 yrs · since 1932
- 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 | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £66.7m | £45m | £57.2m | £81.7m |
| Cost of sales | £63.1m | £42.4m | £52.8m | £75.9m |
| Gross profit | £3.6m | £2.6m | £4.4m | £5.9m |
| Operating profit | £1.5m | £387k | £1.7m | £2.7m |
| Profit before tax | £1.5m | £352k | £1.7m | £3.5m |
| Profit after tax | £1.2m | £276k | £1.2m | £2.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.2m | £276k | £1.2m | £2.6m |
| Staff costs | £3.7m | £3.6m | £3.7m | £4.4m |
| Employees (average) | 116 | 107 | 103 | 115 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.8% | 0.6% | 2.2% | 3.2% |
| Gross margin | 5.4% | 5.8% | 7.7% | 7.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £575k | £421k | £556k | £711k |
| Profit per employee | £10.4k | £2.6k | £12.1k | £22.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼32.5% | ▲27% | ▲42.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼77.1% | ▲352.2% | ▲108.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼7.8% | ▼3.7% | ▲11.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £416k | £193k | £821k | £937k |
| Net assets | £13.7m | £13.8m | £13.8m | £15.4m |
| Fixed assets | £3.1m | £3m | £3m | £3.7m |
| Current assets | £16.9m | £16.6m | £17.7m | £20.9m |
| Debtors | £6.8m | £6m | £11.3m | £14.2m |
| Deferred income | £1.7m | £1.2m | £1.7m | £2.3m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 7.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £711k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £22.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 17.4%
- 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
- ▲11%
- Now £15.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲14%
- Now £937k
- Headcount
- ▲12%
- Now 115
- Deferred income
- ▲39%
- Now £2.3m
- Fixed assets
- ▲23%
- Now £3.7m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Aykroyd and Sons Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Aykroyd & Sons Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Aykroyds Clothing 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 31 Mar 2025 (profit £2.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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