Yardley of London Limited
Registered name: YARDLEY OF LONDON LIMITED
Yardley of London Limited made £4.1m revenue and a £627k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Yardley of London Limited’s revenue fell 12% to £4.1m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £627k and 9 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- 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 | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £5.2m | £4.8m | £4.6m | £4.1m |
| Cost of sales | £3.4m | £3.2m | £3.4m | £2.9m |
| Gross profit | £1.8m | £1.6m | £1.2m | £1.1m |
| Operating profit | — | −£162k | −£1.9m | −£577k |
| Profit before tax | £117k | −£162k | −£1.9m | −£627k |
| Profit after tax | £117k | −£162k | −£1.9m | −£627k |
| Profit (best available) | £117k | −£162k | −£1.9m | −£627k |
| Employees (average) | 12 | 12 | 9 | 9 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.3% | −3.4% | −41.3% | −15.5% |
| Gross margin | 34.8% | 34% | 26.6% | 28.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £432k | £399k | £511k | £451k |
| Profit per employee | £9.7k | −£13.5k | −£211k | −£69.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼7.6% | ▼3.8% | ▼11.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼238.7% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼25% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.8m | £7.2m | £7.1m | £1.2m |
| Net assets | £1.6m | £1.5m | −£421k | −£1m |
| Fixed assets | £469 | £0 | £17.5k | £13.3k |
| Current assets | £7.7m | £12.5m | £10.4m | £3m |
| Debtors | £3m | £2.9m | £2m | £472k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −15.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 28.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £451k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£69.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11.6%
- 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 −£1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼83%
- Now £1.2m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 9
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼24%
- Now £13.3k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit −£627k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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