Moss Bros Group Limited
Registered name: MOSS BROS GROUP LIMITED
Part of Moss Bros Group Holdings Limited groupMoss Bros Group Limited made £160m revenue and £19.3m profit in the year to 31 Jan 2026.
Moss Bros Group Limited’s revenue grew 10% to £160m in the year to 31 Jan 2026, with £19.3m profit and 1,100 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale of clothing in specialised stores” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 112 yrs · since 1914
- 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 | 28 Jan 2023 | 27 Jan 2024 | 25 Jan 2025 | 31 Jan 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £152m | £138m | £146m | £160m |
| Cost of sales | £50.9m | £47m | £46.4m | £48.7m |
| Gross profit | £101m | £90.5m | £99.5m | £111m |
| Operating profit | £31.9m | £16.1m | £26.6m | £24.7m |
| Profit before tax | £33.2m | £16.7m | £27.8m | £25.6m |
| Profit after tax | £26.7m | £13.6m | £20.6m | £19.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £26.7m | £13.6m | £20.6m | £19.3m |
| Staff costs | £24.4m | £25.9m | £27.6m | £31.2m |
| Employees (average) | 1,040 | 1,094 | 1,043 | 1,100 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 17.6% | 9.9% | 14.1% | 12% |
| Gross margin | 66.4% | 65.8% | 68.2% | 69.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £146k | £126k | £140k | £145k |
| Profit per employee | £25.7k | £12.5k | £19.8k | £17.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼9.3% | ▲6.1% | ▲9.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼49% | ▲51.3% | ▼6.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5.2% | ▼4.7% | ▲5.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £18.3m | £26.2m | £32.2m | £25.5m |
| Net assets | £38.6m | £42m | £47.6m | £51.9m |
| Fixed assets | £8m | £6.1m | £11.5m | £16.9m |
| Current assets | £64m | £72.3m | £81.5m | £75.4m |
| Debtors | £1.1m | £484k | £528k | £512k |
| Deferred income | £10.2m | £15.3m | £21.7m | £19.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 12%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 69.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £145k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £17.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 10.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 12%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- 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
- ▲9%
- Now £51.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▼21%
- Now £25.5m
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 1,100
- Deferred income
- ▼12%
- Now £19.2m
- Fixed assets
- ▲47%
- Now £16.9m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Moss Bros Group Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Moss Bros Group 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 FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jan 2026 (profit £19.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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