Vinyl Space Limited
Registered name: VINYL SPACE LIMITED
Part of The Vinyl Factory Limited groupVinyl Space Limited made £8.2m revenue and a £199k loss in the year to 28 Feb 2025.
Vinyl Space Limited’s revenue fell 19% to £8.2m in the year to 28 Feb 2025, with a loss of £199k and 85 employees. The company is classified under “hotels and similar accommodation” and is based in Lincoln; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Lincoln, East Midlands
- Age
- 25 yrs · since 2001
- 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 | 28 Feb 2022 | 28 Feb 2023 | 29 Feb 2024 | 28 Feb 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £6.5m | £10m | £10.2m | £8.2m |
| Cost of sales | £2.9m | £5.7m | £5.6m | £4.2m |
| Gross profit | £3.6m | £4.3m | £4.5m | £4.1m |
| Operating profit | £91k | £201k | −£244k | −£198k |
| Profit before tax | £91k | £202k | −£244k | −£199k |
| Profit after tax | −£62.7k | £202k | −£244k | −£199k |
| Profit (best available) | −£62.7k | £202k | −£244k | −£199k |
| Staff costs | £3.9m | £4.3m | £3.8m | £2.9m |
| Employees (average) | 131 | 142 | 123 | 85 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −1% | 2% | −2.4% | −2.4% |
| Gross margin | 55.1% | 43.1% | 44.6% | 49.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £49.6k | £70.3k | £82.7k | £96.8k |
| Profit per employee | −£478 | £1.4k | −£2k | −£2.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲53.6% | ▲1.9% | ▼19.1% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼220.7% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲8.4% | ▼13.4% | ▼30.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £207k | £19.8k | £159k | £73.7k |
| Net assets | £4.8m | £5m | £4.8m | £4.6m |
| Fixed assets | £8.8m | £9.8m | £9.3m | £8.4m |
| Current assets | £2.6m | £4.6m | £3.9m | £3.9m |
| Debtors | £193k | £245k | £213k | £189k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −2.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 49.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £96.8k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£2.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 102.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.3%
- 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
- ▼4%
- Now £4.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼54%
- Now £73.7k
- Headcount
- ▼31%
- Now 85
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼9%
- Now £8.4m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- The Vinyl Factory Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Vinyl Space Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (8)
- The Store X LimitedRev. £10.3m · Profit −£224k
- Alex Eagle Store LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Marshall Street Regeneration LimitedRev. — · Profit −£3.5m
- Vinyl Factory Manufacturing LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Vinyl Factory Music LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Vinyl Factory Productions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Vinyl Factory Publishing LtdFigures not disclosed
- Vinyl Factory Records 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 28 Feb 2025 (profit −£199k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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