Clarity Copiers Limited
Registered name: CLARITY COPIERS LIMITED
Part of LJ (Copiers) Limited groupClarity Copiers Limited made £16.2m revenue and £889k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
Clarity Copiers Limited’s revenue fell 1% to £16.2m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £889k profit and 17 employees. The company is classified under “other retail sale in non-specialised stores” and is based in Newton Abbot; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Newton Abbot, South West
- Age
- 49 yrs · since 1977
- 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: “LJ (Copiers) Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £17.8m | £17.9m | £16.3m | £16.2m |
| Cost of sales | £15.3m | £15.4m | £13.9m | £13.8m |
| Gross profit | £2.5m | £2.5m | £2.4m | £2.4m |
| Operating profit | £1.5m | £1.4m | −£4.4m | £920k |
| Profit before tax | £1.5m | £1.6m | −£4m | £1.2m |
| Profit after tax | £1.2m | £1.2m | −£3.1m | £889k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.2m | £1.2m | −£3.1m | £889k |
| Staff costs | £786k | £834k | £6.4m | £1m |
| Employees (average) | 21 | 20 | 21 | 17 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 6.7% | 7% | −18.9% | 5.5% |
| Gross margin | 14.2% | 14.2% | 14.9% | 14.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £849k | £895k | £776k | £952k |
| Profit per employee | £56.9k | £62.5k | −£147k | £52.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲0.3% | ▼9% | ▼0.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲4.5% | ▼346.3% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4.8% | ▲5% | ▼19.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £7.1m | £7.6m | £3.5m | £4.8m |
| Net assets | £8.7m | £10m | £6.9m | £7.7m |
| Fixed assets | £47.5k | £48.7k | £38.8k | £79.5k |
| Current assets | £10.2m | £11.3m | £7.9m | £8.6m |
| Debtors | £1.8m | £1.9m | £1.5m | £1.7m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 14.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £952k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £52.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10.4%
- 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 £7.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲37%
- Now £4.8m
- Headcount
- ▼19%
- Now 17
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲105%
- Now £79.5k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- LJ (Copiers) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Clarity Copiers Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Clarity Copiers (Holdings) 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 Aug 2025 (profit £889k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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