Norty Limited
Registered name: NORTY LIMITED
Norty Limited made £99.2m revenue and £5.8m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Norty Limited’s revenue grew 25% to £99.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £5.8m profit and 63 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of clothing and footwear” and is based in Carpenders Park; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Carpenders Park, East of England
- Age
- 22 yrs · since 2004
- Type
- Private Limited Company
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&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £109m | £84.7m | £79.2m | £99.2m |
| Cost of sales | £95.4m | £73.5m | £67m | £83.6m |
| Gross profit | £13.8m | £11.2m | £12.3m | £15.7m |
| Operating profit | £9.4m | £6.9m | £4.9m | £8.1m |
| Profit before tax | £9.4m | £6.5m | £6.5m | £7.9m |
| Profit after tax | £7.6m | £5m | £4.9m | £5.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £7.6m | £5m | £4.9m | £5.8m |
| Staff costs | £1.4m | £1.7m | £1.7m | — |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 41 | 42 | 63 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 7% | 5.9% | 6.2% | 5.8% |
| Gross margin | 12.6% | 13.3% | 15.5% | 15.8% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £2.1m | £1.9m | £1.6m |
| Profit per employee | — | £122k | £117k | £91.4k |
| Cash conversion | −67% | −104.1% | −102.4% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼22.5% | ▼6.5% | ▲25.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼34.6% | ▼1.7% | ▲17.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▲2.4% | ▲50% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £6m | £11.7m | £15.9m | £10.7m |
| Net assets | £23.9m | £28.9m | £33.8m | £30.4m |
| Fixed assets | — | £0 | £34.5k | £15.5m |
| Current assets | £36.7m | £39.5m | £47.7m | £57.4m |
| Debtors | £26.6m | £24.6m | £27.4m | £35.4m |
| Cash from operations | −£6.3m | −£7.2m | −£5m | — |
| 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
- 5.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 15.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.6m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £91.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 15.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 35.7%
- 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
- ▼10%
- Now £30.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼33%
- Now £10.7m
- Headcount
- ▲50%
- Now 63
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲44978%
- Now £15.5m
Group structure
Subsidiaries (4)
- Henbury LimitedRev. £23.6m · Profit £1.3m
- Awdis LimitedFigures not disclosed
- BH Healthcare Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Prortx LtdFigures not disclosed
Minority corporate shareholders
- Backwell Limited 25–50%
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 £5.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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