ASHURST BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED

1. ASHURST BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED 2003-12-08 → present
2. AMC SERVICES 1994-06-08 → 2003-12-08

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Deloitte LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“As the company is an integral part of the group headed by Ashurst LLP, the directors have considered the financial position of the group as a whole when determining whether it is appropriate to prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis. The directors have received a letter of support from Ashurst LLP which states that, where required, additional financial support to meet the company's liabilities as they fall due, will be provided for the foreseeable future, being at least 12 months from the date of signing these financial statements. Thus, they continue to adopt the going. concern basis in preparing the annual financial statements.”

Significant events

• “During the year there was a slight revision to the service agreement between the company and Ashurst LLP.”
• “Subsequently, an adjustment in relation to deferred taxation was identified, which the directors would not have reasonably foreseen at the point of declaring the dividends. This resulted in a reported reserves deficit at the end of April 2025 and the directors have since taken appropriate steps to ensure that the company will have a reserves surplus for the financial year ending April 2026.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

4

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +3.2%

  £186,761,853 → £192,778,103

• Cash

  —

  Not reported

• Net assets

  -107.3%

  £6,639,378 → -£486,225

• Employees

  -0.5%

  868 → 864

• Operating profit

  -57%

  £9,741,960 → £4,187,654

• Profit before tax

  -69%

  £8,852,502 → £2,747,127

• Wages

  +8.6%

  £97,853,124 → £106,310,837

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers