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Company No. 07389460 · Incorporated 28 Sep 2010

XL Displays Limited

Registered name: XL DISPLAYS LIMITED

Part of Bass Group Limited group

XL 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.

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
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.”

Latest accounts · year to 30 Sep 2025

Key figures

Capital-lightOperating leverage
Revenue
£15.1m
Growth ▲10.6%
Profit
£3.6m
Growth ▲27.8%
Profit margin
23.7%
Gross 53.8%
Employees
60
Change ▲11.1%
Profit / employee
£59.6k
Revenue/employee £252k
Profitable streak
2yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

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

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to30 Sep 202230 Sep 202330 Sep 202430 Sep 2025
DisclosureNo P&LNo P&LFull P&Lread from filing textFull 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)42485460
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
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026
Derived from the latest filing

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.
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
▲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.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Bass Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. XL Displays Limitedthis company

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

Sister companies (1)

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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