Vale Furnishers Ltd
Registered name: VALE FURNISHERS LTD
Vale Furnishers Ltd made £7.4m revenue and £124k profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025.
Vale Furnishers Ltd’s revenue fell 13% to £7.4m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £124k profit and 50 employees. The company is classified under “retail of furniture, lighting, and similar (not musical instruments or scores) in specialised store” and is based in Surrey; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Surrey, South East
- Age
- 40 yrs · since 1986
- 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 Jul 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £9m | £8.7m | £8.5m | £7.4m |
| Cost of sales | £6.5m | £6.4m | £6.3m | £5.9m |
| Gross profit | £2.6m | £2.3m | £2.2m | £1.5m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £842k | £210k |
| Profit before tax | £1.4m | £405k | £841k | £228k |
| Profit after tax | £1.1m | £290k | £570k | £124k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.1m | £290k | £570k | £124k |
| Staff costs | £1.8m | £3m | £3.1m | £2.7m |
| Employees (average) | 54 | 58 | 52 | 50 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 12.3% | 3.3% | 6.7% | 1.7% |
| Gross margin | 28.4% | 26.4% | 25.6% | 20.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £167k | £150k | £163k | £148k |
| Profit per employee | £20.5k | £5k | £11k | £2.5k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | 267.7% | −457.4% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼3.6% | ▼2.5% | ▼12.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼73.8% | ▲96.7% | ▼78.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7.4% | ▼10.3% | ▼3.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3.5m | £1.2m | £1.4m | £259k |
| Net assets | £20.1m | £20.4m | £20.9m | £21.1m |
| Fixed assets | £11.5m | £11.4m | £11.1m | £10.9m |
| Current assets | £12.4m | £12.6m | £11.8m | £11.9m |
| Debtors | £1.2m | £1.1m | £1.1m | £1.2m |
| Cash from operations | −£3.2m | −£2m | £2.3m | −£959k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 20.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £148k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −457.4%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 147.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 15.7%
- 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
- ▲1%
- Now £21.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼82%
- Now £259k
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 50
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼2%
- Now £10.9m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jul 2025 (profit £124k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 14 Oct 2026
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