Concept 2 Limited
Registered name: CONCEPT 2 LIMITED
Part of Concept2 Inc groupConcept 2 Limited made £20.7m revenue and £1.1m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Concept 2 Limited’s revenue grew 15% to £20.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £1.1m profit and 14 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale of sports goods, fishing gear, camping goods, boats and bicycles” and is based in Nottingham; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Nottingham, East Midlands
- Age
- 36 yrs · since 1989
- 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 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £18m | £20.7m |
| Cost of sales | £15.7m | £18m |
| Gross profit | £2.3m | £2.7m |
| Operating profit | £1.1m | £1.4m |
| Profit before tax | £1.1m | £1.4m |
| Profit after tax | £830k | £1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £830k | £1.1m |
| Staff costs | £1m | £961k |
| Employees (average) | 13 | 14 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 4.6% | 5.2% |
| Gross margin | 12.7% | 13% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.4m | £1.5m |
| Profit per employee | £63.9k | £77.2k |
| Cash conversion | 109.4% | 76.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲15.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲30.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £2.2m | £3.3m |
| Net assets | £4.6m | £5.7m |
| Fixed assets | £104k | £78.4k |
| Current assets | £5.6m | £7m |
| Debtors | £1.5m | £1.6m |
| Deferred income | £173k | £191k |
| Cash from operations | £1.2m | £1.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 13%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.5m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £77.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 76.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.9%
- 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
- ▲24%
- Now £5.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲50%
- Now £3.3m
- Headcount
- ▲8%
- Now 14
- Deferred income
- ▲10%
- Now £191k
- Fixed assets
- ▼24%
- Now £78.4k
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
- Concept2 Inc (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Concept 2 Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
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 2024 (profit £1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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