Vila Clothes Limited
Registered name: VILA CLOTHES LIMITED
Vila Clothes Limited made £7.2m revenue and £260k profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025.
Vila Clothes Limited’s revenue fell 4% to £7.2m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £260k profit and 4 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of clothing and footwear” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 21 yrs · since 2005
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jul 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £11m | £8m | £7.5m | £7.2m |
| Cost of sales | £10.4m | £7.3m | £6.9m | £6.5m |
| Gross profit | £568k | £654k | £587k | £706k |
| Operating profit | £198k | £209k | £243k | £269k |
| Profit before tax | £77.8k | £145k | £317k | £347k |
| Profit after tax | £62.1k | £145k | £237k | £260k |
| Profit (best available) | £62.1k | £145k | £237k | £260k |
| Employees (average) | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.6% | 1.8% | 3.2% | 3.6% |
| Gross margin | 5.2% | 8.2% | 7.8% | 9.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £3.7m | £2m | £1.9m | £1.8m |
| Profit per employee | £20.7k | £36.2k | £59.4k | £65k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼27.7% | ▼6% | ▼3.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲133.1% | ▲64.1% | ▲9.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲33.3% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.3m | £1.1m | £55.1k | £0 |
| Net assets | £1.9m | £2m | £2.3m | £2.5m |
| Fixed assets | £16k | £48.5k | £41.5k | £35k |
| Current assets | £2.9m | £3m | £2.3m | £3.3m |
| Debtors | £1.5m | £1.6m | £1.6m | £1.3m |
| Deferred income | £71.5k | £14.8k | £38.7k | £87.1k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 9.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.8m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £65k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 17.4%
- 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
- ▲11%
- Now £2.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼100%
- Now £0
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 4
- Deferred income
- ▲125%
- Now £87.1k
- Fixed assets
- ▼16%
- Now £35k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jul 2025 (profit £260k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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