Astral Marine Services Limited
Registered name: ASTRAL MARINE SERVICES LIMITED
Astral Marine Services Limited made £1.2m revenue and £92.7k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Astral Marine Services Limited’s revenue fell 4% to £1.2m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £92.7k profit and 13 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Ascot; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ascot, South East
- Age
- 28 yrs · since 1998
- 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: “Bell Casino AB, a company incorporated in Sweden”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.2m | £1.3m | £1.2m |
| Cost of sales | £347k | £432k | £363k |
| Gross profit | £808k | £818k | £831k |
| Operating profit | £127k | £129k | £125k |
| Profit after tax | £98.5k | £95.5k | £92.7k |
| Profit (best available) | £98.5k | £95.5k | £92.7k |
| Staff costs | £444k | £457k | £449k |
| Employees (average) | 14 | 13 | 13 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 8.5% | 7.6% | 7.8% |
| Gross margin | 70% | 65.4% | 69.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £82.5k | £96.2k | £91.9k |
| Profit per employee | £7k | £7.3k | £7.1k |
| Cash conversion | 178.3% | 83% | −6.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲8.3% | ▼4.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼3.1% | ▼2.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼7.1% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £411k | £333k | £215k |
| Net assets | £426k | £372k | £415k |
| Current assets | £546k | £570k | £513k |
| Deferred income | £21.2k | £17.2k | £22.9k |
| Cash from operations | £227k | £107k | −£8.5k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 69.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £91.9k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −6.8%
- 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
- 1.9%
- 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
- ▲11%
- Now £415k
- Cash at bank
- ▼36%
- Now £215k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 13
- Deferred income
- ▲33%
- Now £22.9k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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 30 Apr 2025 (profit £92.7k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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