Candlelight Products Limited
Registered name: CANDLELIGHT PRODUCTS LIMITED
Part of One Flight Limited groupCandlelight Products Limited made £19.3m revenue and £962k profit in the year to 31 May 2025.
Candlelight Products Limited’s revenue grew 26% to £19.3m in the year to 31 May 2025, with £962k profit and 73 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of household goods (other than musical instruments)” and is based in Rotherham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Rotherham, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 51 yrs · since 1974
- 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 | 31 May 2022 | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £16.4m | £12.9m | £15.3m | £19.3m |
| Operating profit | £50k | −£481k | £1.2m | £1.4m |
| Profit before tax | £50k | −£480k | £1.2m | £1.3m |
| Profit after tax | £31k | −£429k | £991k | £962k |
| Profit (best available) | £31k | −£429k | £991k | £962k |
| Staff costs | £2.6m | £2.2m | £2.5m | £2.8m |
| Employees (average) | 84 | 0 | 65 | 73 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.2% | −3.3% | 6.5% | 5% |
| Revenue per employee | £195k | — | £236k | £264k |
| Profit per employee | £369 | — | £15.2k | £13.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼21.5% | ▲18.9% | ▲25.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼1484% | — | ▼2.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼100% | — | ▲12.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.5m | £1.3m | £136k | £464k |
| Net assets | — | £5.3m | £6.3m | £6.2m |
| Fixed assets | £2.2m | £2.1m | £2.1m | £2.3m |
| Current assets | £8.8m | £7.9m | £7.8m | £9.9m |
| Debtors | £886k | £1.5m | £2.1m | £2.1m |
| Deferred income | £608k | £498k | £465k | £503k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £264k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £13.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 11.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10.7%
- 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
- ▼1%
- Now £6.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲241%
- Now £464k
- Headcount
- ▲12%
- Now 73
- Deferred income
- ▲8%
- Now £503k
- Fixed assets
- ▲8%
- Now £2.3m
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
- One Flight Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Candlelight Products Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (4)
- CPL Third Party Logistics LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Home & Heart LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Maison Amore LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The Flower Patch LtdFigures 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 May 2025 (profit £962k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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