C. Gars Limited
Registered name: C. GARS LIMITED
C. Gars Limited made £24.1m revenue and £94.6k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
C. Gars Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £24.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £94.6k profit and 111 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale via mail order houses or via internet”; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London
- Age
- 28 yrs · since 1997
- 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 is Dominique London NV, a company incorporated in Belgium.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £18.7m | £22.2m | £23.9m | £24.1m |
| Cost of sales | £12.4m | £14.4m | £15.4m | £16m |
| Gross profit | £6.3m | £7.8m | £8.4m | £8m |
| Operating profit | £1.1m | £1.3m | £901k | £337k |
| Profit before tax | £1.2m | £1.2m | £726k | £141k |
| Profit after tax | £1m | £822k | £367k | £94.6k |
| Profit (best available) | £1m | £822k | £367k | £94.6k |
| Staff costs | £2.6m | £3.3m | £3.8m | £4.1m |
| Employees (average) | 97 | 119 | 121 | 111 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.3% | 3.7% | 1.5% | 0.4% |
| Gross margin | 33.5% | 35.1% | 35.4% | 33.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £193k | £187k | £197k | £217k |
| Profit per employee | £10.3k | £6.9k | £3k | £852 |
| Cash conversion | −46.6% | −66.3% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲18.7% | ▲7.3% | ▲0.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼17.9% | ▼55.3% | ▼74.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲22.7% | ▲1.7% | ▼8.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.2m | £854k | £1.1m | £1.5m |
| Net assets | £4.3m | £5.1m | £5.1m | £5m |
| Fixed assets | £1.7m | £2.7m | £2.4m | £3m |
| Current assets | £7.9m | £8.7m | £9.2m | £10.6m |
| Debtors | £289k | £484k | £441k | £750k |
| Deferred income | £987k | £350k | £314k | £420k |
| Cash from operations | −£508k | −£852k | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 33.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £217k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £852
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 12.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3.1%
- 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
- ▼2%
- Now £5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲46%
- Now £1.5m
- Headcount
- ▼8%
- Now 111
- Deferred income
- ▲34%
- Now £420k
- Fixed assets
- ▲27%
- Now £3m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Dominique London Pall Mall LtdFigures 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 Dec 2025 (profit £94.6k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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