Ultralight Outdoor Gear Limited
Registered name: ULTRALIGHT OUTDOOR GEAR LIMITED
Part of Outdoor Retailers Limited groupUltralight Outdoor Gear Limited made £539k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
Ultralight Outdoor Gear Limited reported £539k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025, down 0% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 19 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale of sports goods, fishing gear, camping goods, boats and bicycles” and is based in Wynyard Park; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Wynyard Park, North East
- Age
- 19 yrs · since 2007
- 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 ultimate parent company is Outdoor Retailers Limited, a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is Unit 2 Tees Valley Court, Glenarm Road, Wynyar”
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | — |
| Profit after tax | £647k | £460k | £541k | £539k |
| Profit (best available) | £647k | £460k | £541k | £539k |
| Employees (average) | 21 | 19 | 21 | 19 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £30.8k | £24.2k | £25.7k | £28.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Profit growth | — | ▼28.9% | ▲17.6% | ▼0.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼9.5% | ▲10.5% | ▼9.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £432k | £374k | £412k | £328k |
| Net assets | £1.4m | £1.3m | £1.2m | £1.5m |
| Fixed assets | £681k | £644k | £583k | £556k |
| Current assets | £1.6m | £1.4m | £1.4m | £1.5m |
| Debtors | £49.3k | £0 | £4k | £1.5k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £28.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- ▲19%
- Now £1.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼20%
- Now £328k
- Headcount
- ▼10%
- Now 19
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼5%
- Now £556k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Outdoor Retailers Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Ultralight Outdoor Gear Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit £539k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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