Derek Rose Limited
Registered name: DEREK ROSE LIMITED
Derek Rose Limited made £14.2m revenue and a £256k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Derek Rose Limited’s revenue fell 2% to £14.2m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £256k and 82 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other wearing apparel and accessories” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 88 yrs · since 1938
- 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 | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £13.2m | £13.3m | £14.6m | £14.2m |
| Cost of sales | £6.1m | £6.1m | £7.2m | £7.2m |
| Gross profit | £7.1m | £7.2m | £7.4m | £7m |
| Operating profit | £524k | −£242k | £415k | −£304k |
| Profit before tax | £482k | −£310k | £318k | −£429k |
| Profit after tax | £588k | −£387k | £146k | −£256k |
| Profit (best available) | £588k | −£387k | £146k | −£256k |
| Staff costs | £3.2m | £3.4m | £3.5m | £4m |
| Employees (average) | 74 | 80 | 82 | 82 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4.5% | −2.9% | 1% | −1.8% |
| Gross margin | 53.8% | 54.4% | 50.6% | 49.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £179k | £167k | £177k | £173k |
| Profit per employee | £7.9k | −£4.8k | £1.8k | −£3.1k |
| Cash conversion | −141.7% | — | −53.2% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲0.8% | ▲9.2% | ▼2.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼165.8% | — | ▼275.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲8.1% | ▲2.5% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3.4m | £1.5m | £1.4m | £1.2m |
| Net assets | £3.1m | £2.6m | £2.8m | £2.5m |
| Fixed assets | £400k | £562k | £757k | £514k |
| Current assets | £6.1m | £4.7m | £5.2m | £4.5m |
| Debtors | £674k | £292k | £565k | £572k |
| Deferred income | £346k | £200k | £256k | £244k |
| Cash from operations | −£743k | £1m | −£221k | −£260k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −1.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 49.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £173k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£3.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 4%
- 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 £2.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼12%
- Now £1.2m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 82
- Deferred income
- ▼5%
- Now £244k
- Fixed assets
- ▼32%
- Now £514k
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 −£256k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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