Vision Linens Limited
Registered name: VISION LINENS LIMITED
Part of Icahn Enterprises L.P. groupVision Linens Limited made £38.2m revenue and a £1.4m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Vision Linens Limited’s revenue grew 20% to £38.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £1.4m and 35 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of textiles” and is based in Blackburn; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Blackburn, North West
- Age
- 18 yrs · since 2008
- 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 largest group in which the results of the Company are consolidated is that headed by Vision Linens Global Limited, a company incorporated in the UK with the same registered address as the Company.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £50.4m | £33.2m | £31.8m | £38.2m |
| Cost of sales | £40.8m | £25.1m | £25m | £31.5m |
| Gross profit | £9.6m | £8.1m | £6.8m | £6.7m |
| Operating profit | £1.2m | −£1.3m | £526k | −£1.6m |
| Profit before tax | £907k | −£1.5m | £663k | −£2.2m |
| Profit after tax | £749k | −£1.2m | £567k | −£1.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £749k | −£1.2m | £567k | −£1.4m |
| Staff costs | £1.7m | £1.6m | £1.5m | £1.7m |
| Employees (average) | 41 | 43 | 32 | 35 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.5% | −3.5% | 1.8% | −3.8% |
| Gross margin | 19% | 24.5% | 21.4% | 17.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.2m | £773k | £995k | £1.1m |
| Profit per employee | £18.3k | −£27.3k | £17.7k | −£41.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼34.1% | ▼4.2% | ▲19.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼256.7% | — | ▼354% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.9% | ▼25.6% | ▲9.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £470k | £474k | £1.3m | £118k |
| Net assets | £6.8m | £5.7m | £6.2m | £4.8m |
| Fixed assets | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Current assets | £23.2m | £19.6m | £24.5m | £32.3m |
| Debtors | £6.3m | £4.7m | £6.1m | £9m |
| Deferred income | £482k | £217k | £147k | £93.3k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −3.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 17.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.1m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£41.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 23.5%
- 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
- ▼23%
- Now £4.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▼91%
- Now £118k
- Headcount
- ▲9%
- Now 35
- Deferred income
- ▼37%
- Now £93.3k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £0
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
- Icahn Enterprises L.P. (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Vision Linens Global Limited75–100%
- Vision Linens Group Limited75–100%
- Vision Linens Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- HLL Linens LimitedRev. — · Profit £0
- L Whitaker Services LimitedRev. — · Profit £0
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£1.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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