Bristol Novelty Limited
Registered name: BRISTOL NOVELTY LIMITED
Part of Rubie's Masquerade Company (UK) Limited groupBristol Novelty Limited made £0 revenue and a £1 loss in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Bristol Novelty Limited’s revenue was £0 in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with a loss of £1 and 0 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of clothing and footwear” and is based in Marlow; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Marlow, South East
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £4.7m | £3m | £0 | £0 |
| Cost of sales | £2.8m | £2.1m | — | — |
| Gross profit | £1.9m | £983k | — | — |
| Operating profit | £229k | −£6m | — | — |
| Profit before tax | £228k | −£6m | £0 | −£1 |
| Profit after tax | £237k | −£6m | £0 | −£1 |
| Profit (best available) | £237k | −£6m | £0 | −£1 |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5% | −195.6% | — | — |
| Gross margin | 40.9% | 32.2% | — | — |
| Cash conversion | −79.1% | — | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼35.5% | ▼100% | — |
| Profit growth | — | ▼2618% | — | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £850k | £0 | — | — |
| Net assets | £6m | £1 | £1 | £0 |
| Fixed assets | £167k | £1 | — | — |
| Current assets | £6.3m | £0 | — | — |
| Debtors | £926k | £0 | — | — |
| Deferred income | £35.2k | £0 | — | — |
| Cash from operations | −£181k | £1.5m | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- ▼100%
- Now £0
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Rubie's Masquerade Company (UK) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Bristol Novelty Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit −£1), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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