Maze Rattan Limited
Registered name: MAZE RATTAN LIMITED
Maze Rattan Limited made £19.8m revenue and £1.3m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Maze Rattan Limited’s revenue fell 1% to £19.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.3m profit and 40 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of furniture, carpets and lighting equipment” and is based in Market Harborough; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Market Harborough, East Midlands
- Age
- 17 yrs · since 2009
- 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: “On 31 May 2020, Maze Living Limited purchased 50% of the share capital of the company, making it the joint ultimate controlling party. (Company number 12351470, registered in England & Wales). The rem”
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) | £35.6m | £23.5m | £20m | £19.8m |
| Cost of sales | £23.1m | £16.6m | £14.5m | £12.7m |
| Gross profit | £12.5m | £6.9m | £5.5m | £7m |
| Operating profit | £6.1m | £1.7m | −£339k | £1.8m |
| Profit before tax | £6m | £1.7m | −£380k | £1.7m |
| Profit after tax | £4.9m | £1.2m | −£236k | £1.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £4.9m | £1.2m | −£236k | £1.3m |
| Staff costs | £2m | £1.2m | £1.7m | £1.7m |
| Employees (average) | 55 | 53 | 46 | 40 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 13.7% | 5.3% | −1.2% | 6.5% |
| Gross margin | 35% | 29.3% | 27.4% | 35.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £646k | £443k | £434k | £494k |
| Profit per employee | £88.7k | £23.5k | −£5.1k | £32.2k |
| Cash conversion | −34.9% | −38.6% | — | 90% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼33.9% | ▼15% | ▼1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼74.5% | ▼119% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼3.6% | ▼13.2% | ▼13% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.3m | £1.3m | £1.9m | £2.8m |
| Net assets | £15.4m | £16.2m | £15.5m | £16.3m |
| Fixed assets | £562k | £452k | £355k | £248k |
| Current assets | £21.7m | £19.9m | £18.1m | £19.8m |
| Debtors | £367k | £515k | £297k | £499k |
| Deferred income | £2.8m | £1.2m | £783k | £513k |
| Cash from operations | −£2.1m | −£669k | −£1.7m | £1.6m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 35.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £494k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £32.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 90%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.5%
- 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
- ▲5%
- Now £16.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲42%
- Now £2.8m
- Headcount
- ▼13%
- Now 40
- Deferred income
- ▼34%
- Now £513k
- Fixed assets
- ▼30%
- Now £248k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Minority corporate shareholders
- Maze Living Limited 25–50%
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 £1.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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