Retail Merchandising Services Ltd
Registered name: RETAIL MERCHANDISING SERVICES LTD
Retail Merchandising Services Ltd made £15.3m revenue and £248k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Retail Merchandising Services Ltd’s revenue grew 7% to £15.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £248k profit and 173 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Cardiff; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cardiff, Wales
- Age
- 21 yrs · since 2005
- 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 controlling party is D P O'Toole.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2022 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | £14.3m | £15.3m |
| Cost of sales | £10.2m | £7.3m | £8.3m | £12m | £13m |
| Gross profit | — | — | — | £2.4m | £2.3m |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £602k | £505k |
| Profit before tax | £401k | −£66.2k | — | £416k | £365k |
| Profit after tax | £282k | £4k | −£304k | £330k | £248k |
| Profit (best available) | £282k | £4k | −£304k | £330k | £248k |
| Staff costs | £7.1m | £5m | £5.6m | £6.9m | £6.6m |
| Employees (average) | 293 | 236 | 224 | 204 | 173 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | 2.3% | 1.6% |
| Gross margin | — | — | — | 16.6% | 15.2% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | — | £70.3k | £88.5k |
| Profit per employee | £962 | £17 | −£1.4k | £1.6k | £1.4k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | — | −105.5% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | — | ▲6.7% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | — | ▼24.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | — | ▼8.9% | ▼15.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £214k | £75.2k | £178k | £485k | £740k |
| Net assets | £2.4m | £2.4m | £2.1m | £2.5m | £2.7m |
| Fixed assets | £278k | £285k | £231k | £205k | £190k |
| Current assets | £4.4m | £5.1m | £5.9m | £6.7m | — |
| Debtors | £1.8m | £2.4m | £3m | £3.5m | £4.8m |
| Deferred income | £435k | £397k | £441k | £0 | £20.8k |
| Cash from operations | −£370k | £65.5k | −£323k | −£636k | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 15.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £88.5k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 31.2%
- 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
- ▲8%
- Now £2.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲53%
- Now £740k
- Headcount
- ▼15%
- Now 173
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £20.8k
- Fixed assets
- ▼7%
- Now £190k
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- RMS Technology 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 £248k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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