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Company No. 05285557 · Incorporated 12 Nov 2004

Naught One Ltd

Registered name: NAUGHT ONE LTD

Part of Naughtone (Holdings) Limited group

Naught One Ltd made £23.3m revenue and £1.8m profit in the year to 31 May 2025. read from filing text

Naught One Ltd’s revenue fell 5% to £23.3m in the year to 31 May 2025, with £1.8m profit and 89 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other furniture” and is based in Harrogate; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection C · ManufacturingSIC 31090Manufacture of other furniture
Status
Active
Location
Harrogate, Yorkshire and The Humber
Age
21 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: “The immediate parent company is NaughtOne (Holdings) Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales.”

Latest accounts · year to 31 May 2025

Key figures

Capital-light
Revenue
£23.3m
Growth ▼5%
Profit
£1.8m
Growth ▼30.9%
Profit margin
7.8%
Gross 41.4%
Employees
89
Change ▼2.2%
Profit / employee
£20.4k
Revenue/employee £262k
Profitable streak
4yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 May 202231 May 202331 May 202431 May 2025
DisclosureFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£26.2m£31.9m£24.5m£23.3m
Cost of sales£16.8m£20.4m£14.7m£13.6m
Gross profit£9.4m£11.5m£9.8m£9.7m
Operating profit£4.4m£4.9m£3.4m£2.2m
Profit before tax£4.4m£4.9m£3.5m£2.5m
Profit after tax£3.6m£3.9m£2.6m£1.8m
Profit (best available)£3.6m£3.9m£2.6m£1.8m
Staff costs£3.7m£4.1m£4.2m£4.4m
Employees (average)83859189
Ratios
Profit margin13.7%12.2%10.7%7.8%
Gross margin35.8%36.2%39.9%41.4%
Revenue per employee£316k£375k£270k£262k
Profit per employee£43.3k£45.8k£28.9k£20.4k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲21.5%▼23.1%▼5%
Profit growth—▲8.3%▼32.4%▼30.9%
Headcount growth—▲2.4%▲7.1%▼2.2%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£4.6m£3.9m£4m£3.7m
Net assets£5.4m£6.9m£9.5m£7.8m
Fixed assets£444k£499k£950k£1.7m
Current assets£12.8m£10.7m£12.6m£17m
Debtors£2.1m£2.5m£1.8m£3m
Deferred income£1.5m£841k£1.2m£1.3m
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
7.8%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
41.4%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£262k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£20.4k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
7.1%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
5.6%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
13.1%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▼18%
Now £7.8m
Cash at bank
▼8%
Now £3.7m
Headcount
▼2%
Now 89
Deferred income
▲5%
Now £1.3m
Fixed assets
▲74%
Now £1.7m

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Naughtone (Holdings) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Naught One 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 May 2025 (profit £1.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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