SLG Brands Limited
Registered name: SLG BRANDS LIMITED
Part of SLG Allstars Limited groupSLG Brands Limited made £28.4m revenue and a £433k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
SLG Brands Limited’s revenue grew 11% to £28.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £433k and 89 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of perfume and cosmetics” and is based in Cheltenham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cheltenham, South West
- Age
- 41 yrs · since 1985
- 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 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £28.7m | £30.3m | £25.5m | £28.4m |
| Cost of sales | £16m | £16.4m | — | — |
| Gross profit | £12.8m | £13.9m | £11.8m | £12.7m |
| Profit before tax | £28.4k | £872k | −£2.5m | −£446k |
| Profit after tax | £239k | £1.1m | −£2.5m | −£433k |
| Profit (best available) | £239k | £1.1m | −£2.5m | −£433k |
| Staff costs | £4.5m | £4.6m | £4.8m | £4.5m |
| Employees (average) | 117 | 112 | 107 | 89 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.8% | 3.6% | −9.7% | −1.5% |
| Gross margin | 44.4% | 45.8% | 46.3% | 44.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £246k | £271k | £239k | £319k |
| Profit per employee | £2k | £9.7k | −£23k | −£4.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲5.5% | ▼15.7% | ▲11.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲356.9% | ▼325.9% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4.3% | ▼4.5% | ▼16.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.4m | £1.4m | £247k | £211k |
| Net assets | £10.1m | £10.6m | £7.8m | £7.4m |
| Fixed assets | £12.1m | £11.3m | £10.5m | £13m |
| Current assets | £10.8m | £9.8m | £10.7m | £7.9m |
| Debtors | £6m | £5.1m | £5.9m | £4.1m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −1.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 44.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £319k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£4.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 45.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.5%
- 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
- ▼6%
- Now £7.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼15%
- Now £211k
- Headcount
- ▼17%
- Now 89
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲23%
- Now £13m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- SLG Allstars Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- SLG Brands Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (4)
- Amie Skincare LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Get Lucky Inc LtdFigures not disclosed
- V3 Manufacturing LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Wonderclub LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (1)
- Synlatex 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 Dec 2025 (profit −£433k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 14 Oct 2026
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