1994 Inc Ltd
Registered name: 1994 INC LTD
Part of Essilor International S.A.S. group1994 Inc Ltd made £42.5m revenue and £641k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024. read from filing text
1994 Inc Ltd’s revenue was £42.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £641k profit and 35 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale of clothing in specialised stores” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 16 yrs · since 2010
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Mar 2024 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £57.9m | £42.5m |
| Cost of sales | £30.2m | £26.2m |
| Gross profit | £27.7m | £16.3m |
| Operating profit | £1.2m | £731k |
| Profit before tax | £1.2m | £735k |
| Profit after tax | £908k | £641k |
| Profit (best available) | £908k | £641k |
| Staff costs | £2.4m | £1.8m |
| Employees (average) | 33 | 35 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 1.6% | 1.5% |
| Gross margin | 47.8% | 38.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.8m | £1.2m |
| Profit per employee | £27.5k | £18.3k |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £4.8m | £6m |
| Net assets | £13m | £13.7m |
| Fixed assets | £184k | £172k |
| Deferred income | £957k | £569k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 38.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.2m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £18.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.3%
- 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
- —
- Now £13.7m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £6m
- Headcount
- —
- Now 35
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £569k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £172k
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
- Essilor International S.A.S. (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- 1994 Inc Ltdthis 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 Dec 2024 (profit £641k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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