Skip to content
CompanySight
Company No. 07898106 · Incorporated 5 Jan 2012

Vapouriz Limited

Registered name: VAPOURIZ LIMITED

Part of Japan Tobacco Inc. group

Vapouriz Limited made £35.8m revenue and £4.5m profit in the year to 30 Nov 2024. read from filing text

Vapouriz Limited’s revenue fell 4% to £35.8m in the year to 30 Nov 2024, with £4.5m profit and 125 employees. The company is classified under “other retail sale in non-specialised stores” and is based in Darwen; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection G · Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehiclesSIC 47190Other retail sale in non-specialised storesSIC 47910Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
Status
Active
Location
Darwen, North West
Age
14 yrs · since 2012
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 ultimate controlling party as at the balance sheet date was Mr P Boyle by virtue of his majority shareholding in the ultimate parent company, Vintrex Limited (formerly Flavour Warehouse Holdings L”

Latest accounts · year to 30 Nov 2024

Key figures

Capital-light
Revenue
£35.8m
Growth ▼3.5%
Profit
£4.5m
Growth ▲7.9%
Profit margin
12.5%
Gross 30.2%
Employees
125
Change ▲10.6%
Profit / employee
£35.8k
Revenue/employee £287k
Profitable streak
3yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

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

3 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to30 Nov 202230 Nov 202330 Nov 2024
DisclosureFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£23.6m£37.2m£35.8m
Cost of sales£16.7m£27.5m£25m
Gross profit£6.8m£9.7m£10.8m
Operating profit£2.3m£5.4m£6m
Profit before tax£4.2m£5.4m£6m
Profit after tax£3.7m£4.1m£4.5m
Profit (best available)£3.7m£4.1m£4.5m
Staff costs£3.4m£3.4m£3.9m
Employees (average)109113125
Ratios
Profit margin15.8%11.2%12.5%
Gross margin28.9%26%30.2%
Revenue per employee£216k£329k£287k
Profit per employee£34.2k£36.7k£35.8k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲57.8%▼3.5%
Profit growth—▲11.4%▲7.9%
Headcount growth—▲3.7%▲10.6%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£7m£2.6m£2.2m
Net assets£2.7m£2.8m£7.3m
Fixed assets£867k£914k£1.3m
Current assets£12.1m£9.2m£8.2m
Debtors£1.2m£2.5m£2.3m
Deferred income£131k£150k£157k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
12.5%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
30.2%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£287k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£35.8k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
3.6%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
0.4%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
6.4%
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
▲160%
Now £7.3m
Cash at bank
▼15%
Now £2.2m
Headcount
▲11%
Now 125
Deferred income
▲5%
Now £157k
Fixed assets
▲41%
Now £1.3m

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. Japan Tobacco Inc. (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent50–75%
  2. Flavour Warehouse Limited75–100%
  3. Vapouriz Limitedthis company

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

Subsidiaries (3)

Sister companies (7)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

Same industry, similar size

Similar profitable businesses

Industry benchmarks →

Sources

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Nov 2024 (profit £4.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

Contains public sector information from Companies House licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data from Companies House, © Crown copyright. View the licence.