Boss Design Limited
Registered name: BOSS DESIGN LIMITED
Part of Okamura Corporation groupBoss Design Limited made £38.9m revenue and £5.6m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Boss Design Limited’s revenue grew 3% to £38.9m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £5.6m profit and 180 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of office and shop furniture” and is based in Dudley; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Dudley, West Midlands
- Age
- 43 yrs · since 1983
- 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: “On 21 March 2025, Boss Design Limited acquired 100% of the share capital of Lyndon Design Limited from its parent company, Boseco Limited. Prior to this date, Lyndon Design Limited was a wholly owned ”
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) | £31m | £43.7m | £37.9m | £38.9m |
| Cost of sales | £21.7m | £31.2m | £26.8m | £26.5m |
| Gross profit | £9.3m | £12.5m | £11.1m | £12.5m |
| Operating profit | £1.1m | £2.9m | £1.3m | £6.1m |
| Profit before tax | £1m | £2.8m | £1.4m | £6.1m |
| Profit after tax | £1.1m | £2.2m | £929k | £5.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.1m | £2.2m | £929k | £5.6m |
| Staff costs | £6.7m | £7.8m | £7.8m | £8.4m |
| Employees (average) | 166 | 177 | 181 | 180 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.7% | 5% | 2.5% | 14.3% |
| Gross margin | 30.1% | 28.7% | 29.3% | 32% |
| Revenue per employee | £187k | £247k | £210k | £216k |
| Profit per employee | £6.9k | £12.4k | £5.1k | £31k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | −196.5% | −28.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲40.8% | ▼13.2% | ▲2.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲90.4% | ▼57.5% | ▲501.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.6% | ▲2.3% | ▼0.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £5m | £5.2m | £5.1m | £5.1m |
| Net assets | £13.8m | £15.3m | £16.3m | £21.8m |
| Fixed assets | £3.8m | £3.8m | £4.2m | £7.7m |
| Current assets | £22.5m | £26.3m | £24.2m | £25.9m |
| Debtors | £7.3m | £9.7m | £6.7m | £7.3m |
| Deferred income | £923k | £1.1m | £1.4m | £1.2m |
| Cash from operations | — | — | −£2.6m | −£1.7m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 14.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 32%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £216k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £31k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −28.5%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 19.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 18.8%
- 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
- ▲34%
- Now £21.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲1%
- Now £5.1m
- Headcount
- ▼1%
- Now 180
- Deferred income
- ▼19%
- Now £1.2m
- Fixed assets
- ▲86%
- Now £7.7m
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
- Okamura Corporationultimate parent75–100%
- Boss Design Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Lyndon Design 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 Mar 2025 (profit £5.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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