Neptune Retail Limited
Registered name: NEPTUNE RETAIL LIMITED
Part of Neptune Holdco Limited groupNeptune Retail Limited made £29.3m revenue and a £4.4m loss in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Neptune Retail Limited’s revenue grew 17% to £29.3m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with a loss of £4.4m and 183 employees. The company is classified under “retail of furniture, lighting, and similar (not musical instruments or scores) in specialised store” and is based in Swindon; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Swindon, South West
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £25.4m | £25m | £29.3m |
| Cost of sales | £15.7m | £16.1m | £19.4m |
| Gross profit | £9.8m | £8.8m | £9.9m |
| Operating profit | −£804k | −£2.2m | −£4.5m |
| Profit before tax | −£839k | −£2.2m | −£4.5m |
| Profit after tax | −£802k | −£2.1m | −£4.4m |
| Profit (best available) | −£802k | −£2.1m | −£4.4m |
| Staff costs | £4.2m | £4.4m | £5.4m |
| Employees (average) | 188 | 185 | 183 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −3.1% | −8.3% | −15.1% |
| Gross margin | 38.4% | 35.3% | 33.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £135k | £135k | £160k |
| Profit per employee | −£4.3k | −£11.2k | −£24.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼1.9% | ▲17.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼1.6% | ▼1.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £4m | £879k | £173k |
| Net assets | £19.2k | −£2.1m | −£6.8m |
| Fixed assets | £7.4m | £6.7m | £4.4m |
| Current assets | £10.3m | £6.6m | £6.1m |
| Debtors | £106k | £133k | £79.4k |
| Deferred income | £4.3m | £3.6m | £4.7m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −15.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 33.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £160k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£24.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 15%
- 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
- 0.3%
- 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
- —
- Now −£6.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▼80%
- Now £173k
- Headcount
- ▼1%
- Now 183
- Deferred income
- ▲33%
- Now £4.7m
- Fixed assets
- ▼34%
- Now £4.4m
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
- Neptune Holdco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Neptune Retail Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Bucton LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Design Centre (Suffolk) LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (3)
- Neptune (Europe) LtdRev. £59.2m · Profit £3.2m
- NSD LtdFigures not disclosed
- Provenist LtdFigures 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 30 Sep 2025 (profit −£4.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 14 Oct 2026
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