George Tarratt Limited
Registered name: GEORGE TARRATT LIMITED
Part of George Pragnell Limited groupGeorge Tarratt Limited made £46.4m revenue and £2m profit in the year to 31 May 2025.
George Tarratt Limited’s revenue grew 15% to £46.4m in the year to 31 May 2025, with £2m profit and 31 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale of watches and jewellery in specialised stores” and is based in Leicester; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Leicester, East Midlands
- Age
- 30 yrs · since 1996
- 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 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £32.2m | £40.5m | £46.4m |
| Cost of sales | £27.1m | £35.5m | £40.9m |
| Gross profit | £5m | £5m | £5.5m |
| Operating profit | £2.6m | £2.2m | £2.7m |
| Profit before tax | £2.6m | £2.2m | £2.7m |
| Profit after tax | £2.1m | £1.6m | £2m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.1m | £1.6m | £2m |
| Staff costs | £1.4m | £1.8m | £1.9m |
| Employees (average) | 25 | 30 | 31 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 6.4% | 4% | 4.4% |
| Gross margin | 15.6% | 12.3% | 11.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.3m | £1.3m | £1.5m |
| Profit per employee | £82.5k | £53.9k | £65.2k |
| Cash conversion | 29.4% | 491% | 91.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲25.8% | ▲14.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼21.6% | ▲25.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲20% | ▲3.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £25.3k | £40k | £98k |
| Net assets | £13.2m | £4.8m | £5m |
| Fixed assets | £274k | £357k | £268k |
| Current assets | £15.4m | £7.6m | £9.2m |
| Debtors | £13.3k | £202k | £9.6k |
| Deferred income | £328k | £252k | £186k |
| Cash from operations | £761k | £10.6m | £2.5m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 11.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.5m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £65.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 91.5%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- ▲5%
- Now £5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲145%
- Now £98k
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 31
- Deferred income
- ▼26%
- Now £186k
- Fixed assets
- ▼25%
- Now £268k
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
- George Pragnell Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- George Tarratt Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Philip Antrobus LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Swiss Watch Distribution LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Thomas Cleaver 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 31 May 2025 (profit £2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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