Opera Gallery London Limited
Registered name: OPERA GALLERY LONDON LIMITED
Part of Opera Gallery Group Limited groupOpera Gallery London Limited made £12.7m revenue and a £23.1k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Opera Gallery London Limited’s revenue fell 9% to £12.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £23.1k and 6 employees. The company is classified under “other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (not commercial art galleries and opticians)” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 22 yrs · since 2004
- 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: “Opera Gallery Group Limited”
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&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £9m | £12.9m | £13.9m | £12.7m |
| Cost of sales | £7.4m | £10.2m | £11m | £9.9m |
| Gross profit | £1.6m | £2.7m | £2.9m | £2.7m |
| Operating profit | −£528k | £620k | −£223k | £117k |
| Profit before tax | −£528k | £562k | −£409k | £6.7k |
| Profit after tax | −£410k | £403k | −£345k | −£23.1k |
| Profit (best available) | −£410k | £403k | −£345k | −£23.1k |
| Staff costs | £266k | £243k | £259k | £256k |
| Employees (average) | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −4.5% | 3.1% | −2.5% | −0.2% |
| Gross margin | 18.3% | 20.6% | 21% | 21.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.3m | £2.1m | £2m | £2.1m |
| Profit per employee | −£58.6k | £67.2k | −£49.3k | −£3.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲42.9% | ▲7.8% | ▼8.8% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼185.6% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼14.3% | ▲16.7% | ▼14.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.9m | £991k | £1m | £2.1m |
| Net assets | £5.5m | £5.9m | £5.5m | £5.5m |
| Fixed assets | £78.5k | £1.8m | £1.7m | £1.5m |
| Current assets | £9.7m | £15.3m | £9.1m | £10.2m |
| Debtors | £5k | £8.5m | £2.4m | £1.4m |
| Deferred income | — | £6.8m | £2.3m | £2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 21.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £2.1m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£3.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 12%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 16.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10.9%
- 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
- ▼0%
- Now £5.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲100%
- Now £2.1m
- Headcount
- ▼14%
- Now 6
- Deferred income
- ▼9%
- Now £2m
- Fixed assets
- ▼11%
- Now £1.5m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Opera Gallery Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Opera Gallery London Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Opera Gallery Holding Asia 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 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£23.1k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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