Ocee Design Limited
Registered name: OCEE DESIGN LIMITED
Part of Ocee International Ltd groupOcee Design Limited made £14m revenue and a £309k loss in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Ocee Design Limited’s revenue fell 5% to £14m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with a loss of £309k and 79 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of office and shop furniture” and is based in Northampton; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Northampton, East Midlands
- Age
- 36 yrs · since 1990
- 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 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £16.2m | £18.5m | £14.7m | £14m |
| Cost of sales | £10.7m | £11.7m | £9.4m | £9.1m |
| Gross profit | £5.5m | £6.7m | £5.3m | £4.9m |
| Operating profit | £502k | £1.4m | £292k | −£229k |
| Profit before tax | £424k | £1.2m | £152k | −£371k |
| Profit after tax | £437k | £1.3m | £89.4k | −£309k |
| Profit (best available) | £437k | £1.3m | £89.4k | −£309k |
| Staff costs | £3.3m | £3.7m | £3.1m | £3.1m |
| Employees (average) | 91 | 92 | 87 | 79 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.7% | 6.8% | 0.6% | −2.2% |
| Gross margin | 33.9% | 36.5% | 36.2% | 35.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £177k | £201k | £169k | £177k |
| Profit per employee | £4.8k | £13.6k | £1k | −£3.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲14.3% | ▼20.3% | ▼5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲186.9% | ▼92.9% | ▼445.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.1% | ▼5.4% | ▼9.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £351k | £173k | £287k | £147k |
| Net assets | £6.2m | £7.4m | £7.5m | £7.2m |
| Fixed assets | £280k | £219k | £519k | £639k |
| Current assets | £10.6m | £11.7m | £10.8m | £10.3m |
| Debtors | £2.5m | £2.4m | £1.9m | £1.5m |
| Deferred income | £524k | £487k | £209k | £283k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −2.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 35.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £177k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£3.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10.4%
- 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
- ▼4%
- Now £7.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼49%
- Now £147k
- Headcount
- ▼9%
- Now 79
- Deferred income
- ▲36%
- Now £283k
- Fixed assets
- ▲23%
- Now £639k
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
- Ocee International Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Ocee Design Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Fabricks LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Race Furniture LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Southerns Broadstock Interiors LimitedFigures 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 Jun 2025 (profit −£309k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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