Ardour World Limited
Registered name: ARDOUR WORLD LIMITED
Part of Ardour World Holdings Limited groupArdour World Limited made £168m revenue and £1.9m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Ardour World Limited’s revenue grew 26% to £168m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £1.9m profit. The company is classified under “wholesale of metals and metal ores” and is based in Harrow on the Hill; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Harrow on the Hill
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2003
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit & loss | Profit & loss | Profit & loss |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £139m | £134m | £168m |
| Cost of sales | −£134m | −£130m | −£165m |
| Gross profit | £4.4m | £4.2m | £3.7m |
| Operating profit | £3.1m | £3.1m | £2.7m |
| Profit before tax | £3.5m | £3m | £2.5m |
| Profit after tax | £2.8m | £2.3m | £1.9m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.8m | £2.3m | £1.9m |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 2.1% | 1.7% | 1.1% |
| Gross margin | 3.2% | 3.1% | 2.2% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼3.5% | ▲25.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼19.9% | ▼17.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 2.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
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- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
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- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
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- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
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- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
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- 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
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- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
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- Now —
- Deferred income
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- Now —
- Fixed assets
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- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Ardour World Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Ardour World 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).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £1.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026