XL Displays Limited
Registered name: XL DISPLAYS LIMITED
Part of Bass Group Limited groupXL Displays Limited made £15.1m revenue and £3.6m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025. read from filing text
XL Displays Limited’s revenue grew 11% to £15.1m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £3.6m profit and 60 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale via mail order houses or via internet” and is based in Peterborough; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Peterborough, East of England
- 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 parent company of XL Displays Ltd is Bass Group Ltd. Its registered office is 38-39 Manasty Road, Orton Southgate, Peterborough PE2 6UP.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £13.7m | £15.1m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £7.1m | £7m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £6.6m | £8.1m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £3.7m | £4.7m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £3.7m | £4.8m |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £2.8m | £3.6m |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £2.8m | £3.6m |
| Staff costs | — | — | £2.3m | £2.5m |
| Employees (average) | 42 | 48 | 54 | 60 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 20.5% | 23.7% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 47.9% | 53.8% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £253k | £252k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £51.9k | £59.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲10.6% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲27.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲14.3% | ▲12.5% | ▲11.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.7m | £1.6m | £1.8m | £3.3m |
| Net assets | £1.4m | £2m | £2.6m | £3m |
| Fixed assets | £755k | £1m | £1.3m | £1.5m |
| Current assets | £2.5m | £3.1m | £3.9m | £6.1m |
| Debtors | £268k | £328k | £289k | £389k |
| Deferred income | — | — | £532k | £529k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 23.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 53.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £252k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £59.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 9.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.6%
- 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
- ▲16%
- Now £3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲80%
- Now £3.3m
- Headcount
- ▲11%
- Now 60
- Deferred income
- ▼0%
- Now £529k
- Fixed assets
- ▲18%
- Now £1.5m
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
- Bass Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- XL Displays Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Bass Group Property Investments LimitedRev. — · Profit £42.1k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £3.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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