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Company No. 06973805 · Incorporated 27 Jul 2009

Valuelights Limited

Registered name: VALUELIGHTS LIMITED

Part of Burning Sky Limited group

Valuelights Limited made £14.3m revenue and a £874k loss in the year to 30 Jun 2025.

Valuelights Limited’s revenue fell 10% to £14.3m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with a loss of £874k and 73 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale via mail order houses or via internet” and is based in Manchester; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection G · Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehiclesSIC 47910Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
Status
Active
Location
Manchester, North West
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: “The immediate parent company ValueLights Holdings Limited, a company registered in England and Wales.”

Latest accounts · year to 30 Jun 2025

Key figures

Revenue
£14.3m
Growth ▼9.7%
Profit
−£874k
Growth —
Profit margin
−6.1%
 
Employees
73
Change ▼5.2%
Profit / employee
−£12k
Revenue/employee £196k
Profitable streak
0yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

3 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to30 Jun 202330 Jun 202430 Jun 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£14.7m£15.8m£14.3m
Cost of sales£8.6m£7.8m—
Gross profit£6.1m£8m—
Operating profit−£2.9m−£1.8m−£870k
Profit before tax−£3.5m−£1.9m−£874k
Profit after tax−£3.5m−£1.9m−£874k
Profit (best available)−£3.5m−£1.9m−£874k
Staff costs£3.1m£3.3m£3.3m
Employees (average)787773
Ratios
Profit margin−23.6%−12%−6.1%
Gross margin41.6%50.8%—
Revenue per employee£189k£206k£196k
Profit per employee−£44.6k−£24.7k−£12k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲7.5%▼9.7%
Headcount growth—▼1.3%▼5.2%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£358k£159k£116k
Net assets−£3.1m−£5m−£6.1m
Fixed assets£3.5m£3m£2.8m
Current assets£6m£7.1m£9.5m
Debtors£185k£344k£588k
Deferred income£1.9m£1.7m£2m
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
−6.1%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
—
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£196k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
−£12k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
19.2%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
13.8%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
4.1%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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 −£6.1m
Cash at bank
▼27%
Now £116k
Headcount
▼5%
Now 73
Deferred income
▲13%
Now £2m
Fixed assets
▼10%
Now £2.8m

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Burning Sky Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Valuelights Holdings Limited75–100%
  3. Valuelights Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Sister companies (8)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit −£874k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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