UK Distributors (Footwear) Limited
Registered name: UK DISTRIBUTORS (FOOTWEAR) LIMITED
UK Distributors (Footwear) Limited made £11.8m revenue and £383k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025. read from filing text
UK Distributors (Footwear) Limited’s revenue fell 10% to £11.8m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £383k profit and 39 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of clothing and footwear” and is based in Saddington Road Fleckney; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Saddington Road Fleckney, East Midlands
- Age
- 25 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. From the filing: “The company is under the control of Mr GW Marlow”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 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) | £16.6m | £14.5m | £13.1m | £11.8m |
| Cost of sales | £12.3m | £11.1m | £10m | £9m |
| Gross profit | £4.3m | £3.4m | £3.2m | £2.8m |
| Operating profit | £1.3m | £583k | £429k | £113k |
| Profit before tax | £1.3m | £710k | £724k | £528k |
| Profit after tax | £1.1m | £560k | £531k | £383k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.1m | £560k | £531k | £383k |
| Staff costs | £1.6m | £1.6m | £1.5m | £1.5m |
| Employees (average) | 47 | 47 | 42 | 39 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 6.5% | 3.9% | 4% | 3.3% |
| Gross margin | 25.9% | 23.5% | 24.2% | 23.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £354k | £308k | £313k | £303k |
| Profit per employee | £22.8k | £11.9k | £12.6k | £9.8k |
| Cash conversion | −47.7% | 5.8% | −484.1% | 272.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼13% | ▼9.2% | ▼10% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼47.8% | ▼5.2% | ▼27.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼10.6% | ▼7.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £8.6m | £8.4m | £10.6m | £10.4m |
| Net assets | £16.2m | £16.7m | £17.2m | £17.6m |
| Fixed assets | £2.4m | £2.4m | £2.3m | £2.3m |
| Current assets | £15.2m | £15.6m | £16.4m | £16.7m |
| Debtors | £847k | £856k | £878k | £821k |
| Deferred income | £233k | £264k | £246k | £207k |
| Cash from operations | −£638k | £34k | −£2.1m | £309k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 23.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £303k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £9.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 272.6%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 19.2%
- 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
- 7%
- 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 £17.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼2%
- Now £10.4m
- Headcount
- ▼7%
- Now 39
- Deferred income
- ▼16%
- Now £207k
- Fixed assets
- ▼2%
- Now £2.3m
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)
- W. Marlow & Sons (Footwear) 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 30 Apr 2025 (profit £383k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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