Trendaset Limited
Registered name: TRENDASET LIMITED
Part of Mulmar Group Ltd groupTrendaset Limited made £17.8m revenue and £341k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Trendaset Limited’s revenue grew 15% to £17.8m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £341k profit and 138 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of other machinery and equipment” and is based in Luton; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Luton, East of England
- Age
- 40 yrs · since 1986
- 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 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15.5m | £17.8m |
| Cost of sales | £11.7m | £14.3m |
| Gross profit | £3.8m | £3.5m |
| Operating profit | £643k | £560k |
| Profit before tax | £524k | £458k |
| Profit after tax | £386k | £341k |
| Profit (best available) | £386k | £341k |
| Staff costs | £5.6m | £6.3m |
| Employees (average) | 132 | 138 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 2.5% | 1.9% |
| Gross margin | 24.4% | 19.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £118k | £129k |
| Profit per employee | £2.9k | £2.5k |
| Cash conversion | 105.6% | 129% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲14.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼11.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £50.7k | £25.1k |
| Net assets | £3.3m | £3.3m |
| Fixed assets | £728k | £797k |
| Current assets | £7.9m | £7.3m |
| Debtors | £3.1m | £2.7m |
| Deferred income | £58.1k | £49.4k |
| Cash from operations | £678k | £723k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 19.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £129k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 129%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.9%
- 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
- ▲2%
- Now £3.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼50%
- Now £25.1k
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 138
- Deferred income
- ▼15%
- Now £49.4k
- Fixed assets
- ▲9%
- Now £797k
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
- Mulmar Group Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Trendaset Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- JKJ Resources LtdFigures 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 30 Sep 2025 (profit £341k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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