Naught One Ltd
Registered name: NAUGHT ONE LTD
Part of Naughtone (Holdings) Limited groupNaught 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.
- 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.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 May 2022 | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | £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) | 83 | 85 | 91 | 89 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 13.7% | 12.2% | 10.7% | 7.8% |
| Gross margin | 35.8% | 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 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
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.
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.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Naughtone (Holdings) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- 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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