Ecco Sales Limited
Registered name: ECCO SALES LIMITED
Ecco Sales Limited made £33.6m revenue and £536k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2022.
Ecco Sales Limited’s revenue grew 127% to £33.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2022, with £536k profit and 217 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of clothing and footwear” 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. From the filing: “The immediate controlling party, as regarded by the directors, is ECCO Europe AG, registered in Switzerland.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £14.8m | £33.6m |
| Cost of sales | £4.7m | £17.7m |
| Gross profit | £10.1m | £15.9m |
| Operating profit | £262k | £755k |
| Profit before tax | £287k | £798k |
| Profit after tax | £454k | £536k |
| Profit (best available) | £454k | £536k |
| Staff costs | £3.6m | £4.3m |
| Employees (average) | 219 | 217 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 3.1% | 1.6% |
| Gross margin | 68.4% | 47.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £67.7k | £155k |
| Profit per employee | £2.1k | £2.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲126.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲18.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼0.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £738k | £369k |
| Net assets | £11.2m | £11.8m |
| Fixed assets | £1.4m | £994k |
| Current assets | £13.9m | £16.8m |
| Debtors | £9m | £3m |
| Deferred income | £1.7m | £2.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 47.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £155k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 6.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 8.9%
- 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 £11.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▼50%
- Now £369k
- Headcount
- ▼1%
- Now 217
- Deferred income
- ▲30%
- Now £2.2m
- Fixed assets
- ▼31%
- Now £994k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2022 (profit £536k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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