Robinson Young Limited
Registered name: ROBINSON YOUNG LIMITED
Part of Robinson Young Holdings Limited groupRobinson Young Limited made £38.8m revenue and £380k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Robinson Young Limited’s revenue grew 5% to £38.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £380k profit and 69 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of household goods (other than musical instruments)” and is based in Bury ST Edmunds; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bury ST Edmunds, East of England
- Age
- 54 yrs · since 1972
- 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. From the filing: “The immediate and ultimate parent company is considered to be Robinson Young Holdings Limited, a company registered in England and Wales. The company is considered to be both the immediate and ultimat”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 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) | £35m | £36.8m | £36.8m | £38.8m |
| Cost of sales | £29.4m | £30.1m | £30.5m | £32.1m |
| Gross profit | £5.6m | £6.7m | £6.2m | £6.7m |
| Operating profit | £411k | £875k | £606k | £589k |
| Profit before tax | £319k | £789k | £522k | £506k |
| Profit after tax | £259k | £611k | £390k | £380k |
| Profit (best available) | £259k | £611k | £390k | £380k |
| Staff costs | £2.6m | £2.9m | £2.9m | £3m |
| Employees (average) | 73 | 73 | 76 | 69 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.7% | 1.7% | 1.1% | 1% |
| Gross margin | 16% | 18.1% | 17% | 17.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £480k | £504k | £484k | £562k |
| Profit per employee | £3.5k | £8.4k | £5.1k | £5.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲5% | ▲0.1% | ▲5.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲136.1% | ▼36.1% | ▼2.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲4.1% | ▼9.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £21.5k | £12.8k | £138k | £143k |
| Net assets | £2.7m | £2.9m | £2.6m | £2.3m |
| Fixed assets | £434k | £537k | £269k | £243k |
| Current assets | £11.7m | £12.4m | £10.6m | £10.7m |
| Debtors | £6.3m | £6.8m | £5.3m | £6.3m |
| Deferred income | £356k | £660k | £405k | £480k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 17.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £562k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 16.1%
- 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 £2.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲4%
- Now £143k
- Headcount
- ▼9%
- Now 69
- Deferred income
- ▲18%
- Now £480k
- Fixed assets
- ▼10%
- Now £243k
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
- Robinson Young Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Robinson Young Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Bright Ideas Marketing LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £380k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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