ST. Mary's Ascot Trading Company Limited
Registered name: ST. MARY'S ASCOT TRADING COMPANY LIMITED
Part of ST Mary's School Ascot groupST. Mary's Ascot Trading Company Limited made £422k revenue and £249k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
ST. Mary's Ascot Trading Company Limited’s revenue fell 24% to £422k in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £249k profit and 2 employees. The company is classified under “educational support services” and is based in Ascot; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ascot, South East
- Age
- 35 yrs · since 1991
- 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 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £385k | £552k | £422k |
| Cost of sales | −£91.4k | −£106k | −£111k |
| Gross profit | £293k | £447k | £310k |
| Operating profit | £234k | £381k | £249k |
| Profit before tax | £234k | £381k | £249k |
| Profit after tax | £234k | £381k | £249k |
| Profit (best available) | £234k | £381k | £249k |
| Employees (average) | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 60.9% | 69% | 59% |
| Gross margin | 76.2% | 80.9% | 73.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £192k | £276k | £211k |
| Profit per employee | £117k | £191k | £124k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲43.5% | ▼23.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲62.6% | ▼34.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 59%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 73.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £211k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £124k
- 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
- —
- 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 —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 2
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- ST Mary's School Ascotultimate parent75–100%
- ST. Mary's Ascot Trading Company Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit £249k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 14 Oct 2026
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