Ardglass Sea Products Limited
Registered name: ARDGLASS SEA PRODUCTS LIMITED
Ardglass Sea Products Limited made £13.2m revenue and £455k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Ardglass Sea Products Limited’s revenue fell 6% to £13.2m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £455k profit and 23 employees. The company is classified under “other food services” and is based in Downpatrick; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Downpatrick, Northern Ireland
- Age
- 40 yrs · since 1986
- 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 | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £13.6m | £14m | £13.2m |
| Cost of sales | — | £11.1m | £11.7m | £10.8m |
| Gross profit | — | £2.5m | £2.3m | £2.4m |
| Operating profit | — | £817k | £902k | £701k |
| Profit before tax | — | £756k | £796k | £607k |
| Profit after tax | — | £548k | £521k | £455k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £548k | £521k | £455k |
| Staff costs | — | £469k | £499k | £556k |
| Employees (average) | 22 | 22 | 20 | 23 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 4% | 3.7% | 3.4% |
| Gross margin | — | 18.5% | 16.7% | 18% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £619k | £700k | £575k |
| Profit per employee | — | £24.9k | £26k | £19.8k |
| Cash conversion | — | 121.4% | 216.5% | −23.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲2.9% | ▼5.5% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼4.9% | ▼12.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼9.1% | ▲15% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £710k | £1.7m | £2.2m | £1.4m |
| Net assets | £2.3m | £2.8m | £3.3m | £3.8m |
| Fixed assets | £2.8m | £2.6m | £2.9m | £3.1m |
| Current assets | £4.7m | £5.3m | £6.6m | £7.4m |
| Debtors | £1.4m | £1.2m | £1.9m | £1.9m |
| Deferred income | — | £935k | £522k | £1.9m |
| Cash from operations | — | £992k | £2m | −£162k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 18%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £575k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £19.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −23.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 23.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 14.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.6%
- 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
- ▲14%
- Now £3.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▼38%
- Now £1.4m
- Headcount
- ▲15%
- Now 23
- Deferred income
- ▲260%
- Now £1.9m
- Fixed assets
- ▲6%
- Now £3.1m
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 31 Mar 2025 (profit £455k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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