Appriss Retail Ltd
Registered name: APPRISS RETAIL LTD
Part of Appriss Retail (UK) Holdings, Ltd. groupAppriss Retail Ltd made £6m revenue and £1.1m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024. read from filing text
Appriss Retail Ltd’s revenue fell 8% to £6m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £1.1m profit and 35 employees. The company is classified under “other information technology service activities” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 24 yrs · since 2002
- 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: “Parent and ultimate parent undertaking”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | £6.2m | £7.1m | £6.5m | £6m |
| Gross profit | £6.2m | £7.1m | £6.5m | £6m |
| Operating profit | £1.4m | £1.5m | £799k | £1.1m |
| Profit before tax | £1.3m | £1.5m | £801k | £1.1m |
| Profit after tax | £1.3m | £1.5m | £798k | £1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.3m | £1.5m | £798k | £1.1m |
| Staff costs | £3.5m | £3.6m | £4m | £3.6m |
| Employees (average) | 44 | 42 | 40 | 35 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 21.5% | 20.5% | 12.2% | 18.1% |
| Gross margin | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Revenue per employee | £141k | £169k | £164k | £173k |
| Profit per employee | £30.4k | £34.8k | £19.9k | £31.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲14.2% | ▼7.9% | ▼7.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲9.3% | ▼45.4% | ▲37.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4.5% | ▼4.8% | ▼12.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.4m | £5m | £3.2m | £5.1m |
| Net assets | £4.3m | £5.8m | £1.9m | £3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 18.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 100%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £173k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £31.4k
- 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
- ▲58%
- Now £3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲59%
- Now £5.1m
- Headcount
- ▼13%
- Now 35
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Appriss Retail (UK) Holdings, Ltd.ultimate parent75–100%
- Appriss Retail Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
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 2024 (profit £1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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