Daisy's Nail Company Ltd
Registered name: DAISY'S NAIL COMPANY LTD
Part of DK Universe Ltd groupDaisy's Nail Company Ltd made £25.8m revenue and £5.7m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Daisy's Nail Company Ltd’s revenue grew 6% to £25.8m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £5.7m profit and 123 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of perfume and cosmetics” and is based in Brighton; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Brighton, South East
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £18.2m | £24.6m | £24.4m | £25.8m |
| Cost of sales | £5.4m | £8.8m | £8.9m | £9m |
| Gross profit | £12.8m | £15.8m | £15.5m | £16.9m |
| Operating profit | £8.6m | £8.3m | £3.8m | £6.1m |
| Profit before tax | £8.6m | £8.3m | £3.6m | £5.9m |
| Profit after tax | £7m | £6.8m | £3.4m | £5.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £7m | £6.8m | £3.4m | £5.7m |
| Staff costs | £2.8m | £4.9m | £6.6m | £7.7m |
| Employees (average) | 64 | 87 | 118 | 123 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 38.6% | 27.8% | 13.8% | 22.2% |
| Gross margin | 70.2% | 64.3% | 63.6% | 65.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £284k | £283k | £207k | £210k |
| Profit per employee | £110k | £78.5k | £28.5k | £46.6k |
| Cash conversion | −82.3% | −100% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲35.2% | ▼0.9% | ▲6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼2.8% | ▼50.7% | ▲70.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲35.9% | ▲35.6% | ▲4.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £5.2m | £1.9m | £654k | £845k |
| Net assets | £12.8m | £10.1m | £13.5m | £19.2m |
| Fixed assets | £271k | £452k | £625k | £847k |
| Current assets | £19.3m | £16.2m | £18m | £21.1m |
| Debtors | £359k | £1.2m | £658k | £806k |
| Deferred income | £252k | £19k | £181k | £117k |
| Cash from operations | −£7.1m | −£8.3m | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 22.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 65.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £210k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £46.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.3%
- 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
- 3.1%
- 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
- ▲42%
- Now £19.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲29%
- Now £845k
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 123
- Deferred income
- ▼35%
- Now £117k
- Fixed assets
- ▲36%
- Now £847k
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
- DK Universe Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Daisy's Nail Company Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (5)
- Ajp 2021 LtdFigures not disclosed
- DK Beauty Labs LtdFigures not disclosed
- Dkollection LtdFigures not disclosed
- Peacci LtdFigures not disclosed
- TGB Academy LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £5.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 14 Oct 2026
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