Reality Enterprise Ltd
Registered name: REALITY ENTERPRISE LTD
Reality Enterprise Ltd made £13.5m revenue and £401k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Reality Enterprise Ltd’s revenue grew 6% to £13.5m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £401k profit and 124 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale of other second-hand goods in stores (not incl. antiques)” and is based in Middlesbrough; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Middlesbrough, North East
- Age
- 19 yrs · since 2007
- 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 | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £11.4m | £13m | £12.8m | £13.5m |
| Cost of sales | £7.9m | £9.1m | £9m | £9m |
| Gross profit | £3.5m | £3.9m | £3.8m | £4.4m |
| Operating profit | £479k | £305k | −£71.9k | £559k |
| Profit before tax | £477k | £304k | −£72.2k | £555k |
| Profit after tax | £349k | £234k | −£60.4k | £401k |
| Profit (best available) | £349k | £234k | −£60.4k | £401k |
| Staff costs | £2m | £2.3m | £2.5m | £2.6m |
| Employees (average) | 112 | 138 | 134 | 124 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3% | 1.8% | −0.5% | 3% |
| Gross margin | 30.9% | 30.1% | 29.7% | 32.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £102k | £94.4k | £95.3k | £109k |
| Profit per employee | £3.1k | £1.7k | −£451 | £3.2k |
| Cash conversion | −15.4% | −163.1% | — | −124.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲13.8% | ▼1.9% | ▲5.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼33.1% | ▼125.8% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲23.2% | ▼2.9% | ▼7.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.1m | £1m | £739k | £410k |
| Net assets | £2.6m | £2.7m | £2.7m | £3.1m |
| Fixed assets | £1m | £1m | £814k | £814k |
| Current assets | £2.7m | £2.8m | £2.9m | £3.6m |
| Debtors | £322k | £290k | £67.9k | £112k |
| Cash from operations | −£73.5k | −£498k | −£330k | −£696k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 32.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £109k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −124.5%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- 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
- ▲14%
- Now £3.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼44%
- Now £410k
- Headcount
- ▼7%
- Now 124
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲0%
- Now £814k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit £401k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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