Empire Retail Ltd
Registered name: EMPIRE RETAIL LTD
Empire Retail Ltd made £224k revenue and a £15.4k loss in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Empire Retail Ltd’s revenue grew 23% to £224k in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with a loss of £15.4k and 3 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale of textiles in specialised stores” and is based in Chatham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chatham, South East
- Age
- 13 yrs · since 2013
- 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 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £212k | £190k | £183k | £224k |
| Cost of sales | £229k | £219k | £202k | £231k |
| Gross profit | −£17k | −£28.7k | −£19.4k | −£6.7k |
| Operating profit | −£27.4k | −£36.5k | −£29k | −£15.4k |
| Profit before tax | −£27.4k | −£36.5k | −£29k | −£15.4k |
| Profit after tax | −£27.4k | −£36.5k | −£29k | −£15.4k |
| Profit (best available) | −£27.4k | −£36.5k | −£29k | −£15.4k |
| Staff costs | £34k | £35.5k | £32.6k | £32.5k |
| Employees (average) | — | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −12.9% | −19.2% | −15.9% | −6.9% |
| Gross margin | −8% | −15.1% | −10.6% | −3% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £47.5k | £45.6k | £74.7k |
| Profit per employee | — | −£9.1k | −£7.3k | −£5.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼10.6% | ▼3.9% | ▲22.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | 0% | ▼25% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | — | £5.3k | — | — |
| Net assets | £56.1k | £19.6k | −£9.5k | −£24.9k |
| Fixed assets | £4k | £4k | £9k | £9k |
| Current assets | £252k | £289k | £314k | £367k |
| Debtors | £1.9k | £0 | £0 | £8.6k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −6.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- −3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £74.7k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£5.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3.8%
- 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 −£24.9k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼25%
- Now 3
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- 0%
- Now £9k
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Sources
Latest figures from AbridgedAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit −£15.4k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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