Utopia Tableware Limited
Registered name: UTOPIA TABLEWARE LIMITED
Utopia Tableware Limited made £49.3m revenue and £4.2m profit in the year to 31 Aug 2023.
Utopia Tableware Limited’s revenue grew 5% to £49.3m in the year to 31 Aug 2023, with £4.2m profit and 69 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of household goods (other than musical instruments)” and is based in Chesterfield; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Liquidation
- Location
- Chesterfield
- Age
- 26 yrs · since 2000
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Aug 2021 | 31 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit & loss | Profit & loss | Profit & loss |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £25.6m | £46.8m | £49.3m |
| Cost of sales | −£18.1m | −£32.9m | −£33.5m |
| Gross profit | £7.6m | £13.8m | £15.8m |
| Operating profit | £2.8m | £4.8m | £5.5m |
| Profit before tax | £2.7m | £4.8m | £5.5m |
| Profit after tax | £2.1m | £3.8m | £4.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.1m | £3.8m | £4.2m |
| Employees (average) | 63 | 69 | 69 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 8.3% | 8.2% | 8.6% |
| Gross margin | 29.6% | 29.6% | 32% |
| Revenue per employee | £407k | £678k | £715k |
| Profit per employee | £33.8k | £55.5k | £61.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲82.3% | ▲5.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲79.8% | ▲10.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲9.5% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2023 | Accounts · bulk data May 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 32%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £715k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £61.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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 —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 69
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Aug 2023 (profit £4.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 19 Oct 2026