Beyond Retail Ltd
Registered name: BEYOND RETAIL LTD
Beyond Retail Ltd made £59m revenue and £2.4m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026. read from filing text
Beyond Retail Ltd’s revenue was £59m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with £2.4m profit and 144 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale via mail order houses or via internet” and is based in Christchurch; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Christchurch, South West
- Age
- 15 yrs · since 2010
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Nov 2022 | 30 Nov 2023 | 30 Nov 2024 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £44.3m | £45.3m | £42.6m | £59m |
| Cost of sales | £29.7m | £29.1m | £27m | £33.6m |
| Gross profit | £14.5m | £16.2m | £15.5m | £25.4m |
| Operating profit | £1.4m | £1.1m | −£481k | £3m |
| Profit before tax | £1.4m | £1.3m | −£280k | £3.3m |
| Profit after tax | £1.2m | £969k | −£194k | £2.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.2m | £969k | −£194k | £2.4m |
| Staff costs | £5.3m | £5.6m | £5.7m | £7.9m |
| Employees (average) | 163 | 156 | 150 | 144 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.7% | 2.1% | −0.5% | 4.1% |
| Gross margin | 32.8% | 35.8% | 36.5% | 43.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £272k | £290k | £284k | £410k |
| Profit per employee | £7.3k | £6.2k | −£1.3k | £17k |
| Cash conversion | −191% | 69.9% | — | −70.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲2.3% | ▼5.9% | — |
| Profit growth | — | ▼18.4% | ▼120% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4.3% | ▼3.9% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £10.3m | £7.8m | £6.5m | £6.9m |
| Net assets | £9.6m | £10.3m | £9.8m | £12m |
| Fixed assets | £2m | £2.3m | £3.1m | £3.4m |
| Current assets | £14.9m | £14.8m | £13.2m | £15.4m |
| Debtors | £7k | £189k | £280k | £387k |
| Deferred income | £639k | £522k | £739k | £987k |
| Cash from operations | −£2.7m | £774k | −£651k | −£2.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 43.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £410k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £17k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −70.9%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.7%
- 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 £12m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £6.9m
- Headcount
- —
- Now 144
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £987k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £3.4m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2026 (profit £2.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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