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Company No. 01702024 · Incorporated 24 Feb 1983

Boss Design Limited

Registered name: BOSS DESIGN LIMITED

Part of Okamura Corporation group

Boss 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.

Full P&L filedSection C · ManufacturingSIC 31010Manufacture of office and shop furniture
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 ”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Mar 2025

Key figures

Operating leverageDoing more with lessCash flow filed
Revenue
£38.9m
Growth ▲2.6%
Profit
£5.6m
Growth ▲501.4%
Profit margin
14.3%
Gross 32%
Employees
180
Change ▼0.5%
Profit / employee
£31k
Revenue/employee £216k
Profitable streak
4yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Mar 202231 Mar 202331 Mar 202431 Mar 2025
DisclosureFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull 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)166177181180
Ratios
Profit margin3.7%5%2.5%14.3%
Gross margin30.1%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
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025
Derived from the latest filing

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.
Indirect — not revenue

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.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Okamura Corporationultimate parent75–100%
  2. Boss Design Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Subsidiaries (1)

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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