As International Corporation Ltd
Registered name: AS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION LTD
As International Corporation Ltd made £23.7m revenue and £5.3m profit in the year to 28 Dec 2024.
As International Corporation Ltd’s revenue grew 14% to £23.7m in the year to 28 Dec 2024, with £5.3m profit and 117 employees. The company is classified under “technical testing and analysis” and is based in Liverpool; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Liverpool, North West
- Age
- 50 yrs · since 1976
- 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 | 28 Dec 2022 | 28 Dec 2023 | 28 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £18.7m | £20.8m | £23.7m |
| Cost of sales | £8m | £8.6m | £8.2m |
| Gross profit | £10.7m | £12.2m | £15.5m |
| Operating profit | £5.1m | £5.4m | £7.1m |
| Profit before tax | £5.1m | £5.7m | £7.3m |
| Profit after tax | £4.1m | £4.3m | £5.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £4.1m | £4.3m | £5.3m |
| Staff costs | £3.2m | £3.6m | £4.6m |
| Employees (average) | 85 | 94 | 117 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 21.6% | 20.6% | 22.6% |
| Gross margin | 57.1% | 58.6% | 65.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £220k | £221k | £202k |
| Profit per employee | £47.7k | £45.4k | £45.6k |
| Cash conversion | −87.7% | −113% | −97.2% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲10.9% | ▲13.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲5.4% | ▲24.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲10.6% | ▲24.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £14.1m | £18m | £22m |
| Net assets | £16.9m | £21.2m | £26.5m |
| Fixed assets | £1.4m | £1.4m | £1.7m |
| Current assets | £19.1m | £23.1m | £27.7m |
| Debtors | £3.3m | £2.9m | £3.6m |
| Deferred income | £220k | £134k | £298k |
| Cash from operations | −£4.4m | −£6.1m | −£6.9m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 22.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 65.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £202k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £45.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −97.2%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 15.2%
- 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
- ▲25%
- Now £26.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲23%
- Now £22m
- Headcount
- ▲24%
- Now 117
- Deferred income
- ▲122%
- Now £298k
- Fixed assets
- ▲23%
- Now £1.7m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Alex Stewart Agriculture 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 28 Dec 2024 (profit £5.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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