Baristyle Limited
Registered name: BARISTYLE LIMITED
Part of Gerard Fashions Group Limited groupBaristyle Limited made £696k revenue and £33.7k profit in the year to 31 Jan 2025. read from filing text
Baristyle Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £696k in the year to 31 Jan 2025, with £33.7k profit and 13 employees. The company is classified under “other retail sale in non-specialised stores” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 32 yrs · since 1993
- 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. From the filing: “The parent company of Baristyle Limited is Gerard Fashions Group Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £708k | £691k | £696k |
| Cost of sales | £270k | £258k | £240k |
| Gross profit | £438k | £434k | £457k |
| Profit before tax | −£808 | −£127k | £40.7k |
| Profit after tax | −£808 | −£127k | £33.7k |
| Profit (best available) | −£808 | −£127k | £33.7k |
| Staff costs | £211k | £184k | £180k |
| Employees (average) | 14 | 13 | 13 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −0.1% | −18.4% | 4.8% |
| Gross margin | 61.9% | 62.7% | 65.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £50.6k | £53.2k | £53.5k |
| Profit per employee | −£58 | −£9.8k | £2.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼2.3% | ▲0.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼7.1% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £19.4k | £23.9k | £18.5k |
| Net assets | −£115k | −£243k | −£209k |
| Fixed assets | £11.6k | £15.6k | £13.3k |
| Current assets | £227k | £84.3k | £84.2k |
| Debtors | £146k | £9.8k | £9.3k |
| Deferred income | £11.8k | £13.8k | £3.3k |
| Cash from operations | £4.1k | −£11.2k | £4.8k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 65.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £53.5k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.3%
- 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
- —
- Now −£209k
- Cash at bank
- ▼23%
- Now £18.5k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 13
- Deferred income
- ▼76%
- Now £3.3k
- Fixed assets
- ▼15%
- Now £13.3k
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
- Gerard Fashions Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Baristyle Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Bolan Investments LimitedRev. £13.5m · Profit £1.3m
- Filby LimitedRev. £76.1k · Profit £33.4k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jan 2025 (profit £33.7k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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