Elephant Design Limited
Registered name: ELEPHANT DESIGN LIMITED
Part of Holding Eb Company Ltd groupElephant Design Limited made a £250k loss in the year to 26 Apr 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
Elephant Design Limited reported a loss of £250k in the year to 26 Apr 2025; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 3 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in Stoke-on-Trent; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Stoke-on-Trent, West Midlands
- Age
- 37 yrs · since 1989
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 29 Apr 2023 | 27 Apr 2024 | 26 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £205k | £0 | — |
| Gross profit | £205k | £0 | — |
| Operating profit | −£45k | −£250k | −£250k |
| Profit before tax | −£20k | −£250k | — |
| Profit after tax | −£4.3k | −£250k | −£250k |
| Profit (best available) | −£4.3k | −£250k | −£250k |
| Employees (average) | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −2.1% | — | — |
| Gross margin | 100% | — | — |
| Revenue per employee | £68.3k | £0 | — |
| Profit per employee | −£1.4k | −£83.3k | −£83.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼100% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | £217k | £129k | −£121k |
| Fixed assets | £1.3m | £1m | £643k |
| Current assets | £63.8k | £635 | £635 |
| Debtors | £635 | £635 | £635 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 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
- −£83.3k
- 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
- ▼194%
- Now −£121k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 3
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼38%
- Now £643k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Holding Eb Company Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Elephant Design Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Emma Bridgewater LimitedRev. £27.4m · Profit −£2.4m
- Bridgewater Pottery LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 26 Apr 2025 (profit −£250k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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