Gallery Direct Limited
Registered name: GALLERY DIRECT LIMITED
Part of Gallery Direct 2013 Limited groupGallery Direct Limited made £51.9m revenue and £3.3m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Gallery Direct Limited’s revenue grew 32% to £51.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £3.3m profit and 135 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of household goods (other than musical instruments)” and is based in Sittingbourne; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Sittingbourne, South East
- Age
- 26 yrs · since 2000
- 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 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £43.3m | £43.1m | £39.4m | £51.9m |
| Cost of sales | £39.9m | £34.8m | £30.2m | £40.4m |
| Gross profit | £3.3m | £8.3m | £9.1m | £11.5m |
| Operating profit | −£3.1m | £1.8m | £3.5m | £4.5m |
| Profit before tax | −£7.2m | £1m | −£2.6m | £4.4m |
| Profit after tax | −£7.1m | £2m | −£1.9m | £3.3m |
| Profit (best available) | −£7.1m | £2m | −£1.9m | £3.3m |
| Staff costs | £7.2m | £6.6m | £6.1m | £7.5m |
| Employees (average) | 151 | 142 | 120 | 135 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −16.4% | 4.5% | −4.8% | 6.3% |
| Gross margin | 7.7% | 19.3% | 23.2% | 22.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £286k | £304k | £328k | £385k |
| Profit per employee | −£46.9k | £13.8k | −£15.9k | £24.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼0.4% | ▼8.6% | ▲31.9% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼197.2% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼6% | ▼15.5% | ▲12.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £372k | £299k | £1.6m | £5.5m |
| Net assets | £8.8m | £10.8m | £8.9m | £12.2m |
| Fixed assets | £18.5m | £18.8m | £5.2m | £5.8m |
| Current assets | £20.9m | £19.5m | £24.3m | £27.6m |
| Debtors | £5.7m | £4.3m | £4m | £5.9m |
| Deferred income | £592k | £1m | £524k | £959k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 22.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £385k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £24.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 11.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11.4%
- 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
- ▲37%
- Now £12.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲233%
- Now £5.5m
- Headcount
- ▲13%
- Now 135
- Deferred income
- ▲83%
- Now £959k
- Fixed assets
- ▲12%
- Now £5.8m
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
- Gallery Direct 2013 Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Gallery Direct Holdings Limited75–100%
- Gallery Direct Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Art Marketing LimitedRev. — · Profit £129k
- Frank Hudson LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (1)
- Dreamworks Beds 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 Dec 2025 (profit £3.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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