IT Luggage Limited
Registered name: IT LUGGAGE LIMITED
IT Luggage Limited made £146m revenue and £8.5m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
IT Luggage Limited’s revenue was £146m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £8.5m profit and 75 employees. The company is classified under “non-specialised wholesale trade” and is based in Hertford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hertford, East of England
- Age
- 40 yrs · since 1985
- Type
- Private Limited Company
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 | Profit only | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £47.8m | £120m | — | £146m |
| Cost of sales | £37.3m | £83.6m | £81.4m | £99.2m |
| Gross profit | £10.5m | £36.3m | — | £46.9m |
| Operating profit | £2.4m | £4m | — | £6.1m |
| Profit before tax | £2.4m | £4.4m | — | £9.4m |
| Profit after tax | £1.4m | £2.2m | £7.6m | £8.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.4m | £2.2m | £7.6m | £8.5m |
| Staff costs | — | £29.1m | £24.7m | £29.7m |
| Employees (average) | 111 | 150 | 71 | 75 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.8% | 1.8% | — | 5.8% |
| Gross margin | 22% | 30.3% | — | 32.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £430k | £800k | — | £1.9m |
| Profit per employee | £12.2k | £14.5k | £107k | £113k |
| Cash conversion | — | −637.7% | — | −45.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲151.2% | — | — |
| Profit growth | — | ▲60.1% | ▲249% | ▲11.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲35.1% | ▼52.7% | ▲5.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | — | £37m | £47.1m | £58.5m |
| Net assets | — | £30.9m | £34.1m | £47m |
| Fixed assets | — | £5.7m | £5.9m | £7.7m |
| Current assets | — | £59.5m | £66m | £92.1m |
| Debtors | — | £1.4m | £1.3m | £769k |
| Deferred income | — | £27.5m | £2.5m | — |
| Cash from operations | — | −£25.2m | −£9.8m | −£2.8m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 32.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.9m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £113k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −45.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.5%
- 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
- ▲38%
- Now £47m
- Cash at bank
- ▲24%
- Now £58.5m
- Headcount
- ▲6%
- Now 75
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲31%
- Now £7.7m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £8.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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