Ashleighsigns Limited
Registered name: ASHLEIGHSIGNS LIMITED
Part of Ashleigh Group Holdings Limited groupAshleighsigns Limited made £25.3m revenue and £2.6m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Ashleighsigns Limited’s revenue grew 14% to £25.3m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £2.6m profit and 163 employees. The company is classified under “other manufacturing” and is based in Normanton; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Normanton, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 49 yrs · since 1977
- 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) | £19.3m | £20.9m | £22.1m | £25.3m |
| Cost of sales | £11.2m | £12.1m | £12.1m | £13.5m |
| Gross profit | £8.1m | £8.7m | £10m | £11.8m |
| Operating profit | £2m | £1.6m | £1.6m | £3m |
| Profit before tax | £2m | £1.6m | £1.6m | £3m |
| Profit after tax | £1.9m | £1.8m | £1.5m | £2.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.9m | £1.8m | £1.5m | £2.6m |
| Staff costs | £4.6m | £5.3m | £6.2m | £7m |
| Employees (average) | 138 | 138 | 148 | 163 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 10% | 8.5% | 6.8% | 10.2% |
| Gross margin | 42.1% | 41.9% | 45.3% | 46.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £140k | £151k | £149k | £155k |
| Profit per employee | £14k | £12.9k | £10.2k | £15.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲8.1% | ▲5.9% | ▲14.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼8.3% | ▼14.7% | ▲71% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲7.2% | ▲10.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.3m | £3.2m | £4.2m | £4.6m |
| Net assets | £6m | £7.3m | £8.8m | £8.9m |
| Fixed assets | £738k | £1.1m | £931k | £933k |
| Current assets | £10.3m | £10.1m | £11.8m | £11.9m |
| Debtors | £4.9m | £4.4m | £4.7m | £5.2m |
| Deferred income | £280k | £490k | £464k | £645k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 10.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 46.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £155k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £15.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 20.4%
- 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
- ▲1%
- Now £8.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲9%
- Now £4.6m
- Headcount
- ▲10%
- Now 163
- Deferred income
- ▲39%
- Now £645k
- Fixed assets
- ▲0%
- Now £933k
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
- Ashleigh Group Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Ashleighsigns Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Ashleigh Digital 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.
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