Passenger Clothing Ltd
Registered name: PASSENGER CLOTHING LTD
Passenger Clothing Ltd made £58.8m revenue and £582k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Passenger Clothing Ltd’s revenue grew 81% to £58.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £582k profit and 86 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale of clothing in specialised stores” and is based in New Milton; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- New Milton, South West
- Age
- 14 yrs · since 2012
- 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 | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £7.7m | £18.2m | £32.5m | £58.8m |
| Cost of sales | £2.6m | £6.9m | £13.4m | £21.9m |
| Gross profit | £5.1m | £11.3m | £19.1m | £36.9m |
| Operating profit | £1m | £2.7m | £2m | £1.3m |
| Profit before tax | £964k | £2.5m | £1.7m | £816k |
| Profit after tax | £898k | £2m | £3m | £582k |
| Profit (best available) | £898k | £2m | £3m | £582k |
| Staff costs | — | £1.1m | £2m | £4.4m |
| Employees (average) | 21 | 41 | 44 | 86 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 11.7% | 11% | 9.3% | 1% |
| Gross margin | 66.3% | 62.1% | 58.7% | 62.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £366k | £445k | £739k | £684k |
| Profit per employee | £42.8k | £49k | £68.7k | £6.8k |
| Cash conversion | — | 59% | −251.3% | 281.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲137% | ▲78.4% | ▲80.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲123.5% | ▲50.5% | ▼80.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲95.2% | ▲7.3% | ▲95.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £457k | £1.4m | £6.5m | £10.1m |
| Net assets | £1.1m | £3.1m | £6.2m | £6.8m |
| Fixed assets | £249k | £530k | £862k | £1.5m |
| Current assets | £5.7m | £11m | £18.9m | £32.4m |
| Debtors | £34.5k | £805k | £250k | £313k |
| Deferred income | — | £537k | £2.1m | £1.4m |
| Cash from operations | — | £1.6m | −£5m | £3.7m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 62.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £684k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 281.6%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.5%
- 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
- ▲9%
- Now £6.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲55%
- Now £10.1m
- Headcount
- ▲95%
- Now 86
- Deferred income
- ▼34%
- Now £1.4m
- Fixed assets
- ▲79%
- 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
Subsidiaries (1)
- Passenger Nominees LimitedFigures not disclosed
Minority corporate shareholders
- Growth Partner II LLP 25–50%
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £582k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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