Permanently Unique Group Limited
Registered name: PERMANENTLY UNIQUE GROUP LIMITED
Permanently Unique Group Limited made £42m revenue and £2.4m profit in the year to 4 Jan 2026.
Permanently Unique Group Limited’s revenue grew 14% to £42m in the year to 4 Jan 2026, with £2.4m profit and 645 employees. The company is classified under “licensed restaurants” and is based in Manchester; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Manchester, North West
- Age
- 12 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 | 29 Dec 2023 | 29 Dec 2024 | 4 Jan 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £29.3m | £36.7m | £42m |
| Cost of sales | −£16.9m | −£20m | −£24m |
| Gross profit | £12.4m | £16.7m | £18m |
| Operating profit | £3m | £4.5m | £4.4m |
| Profit before tax | £2.9m | £3.9m | £3.5m |
| Profit after tax | £2.1m | £2.9m | £2.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.1m | £2.9m | £2.4m |
| Employees (average) | 502 | 573 | 645 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 7.2% | 7.8% | 5.6% |
| Gross margin | 42.4% | 45.5% | 42.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £58.4k | £64.1k | £65k |
| Profit per employee | £4.2k | £5k | £3.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲25.2% | ▲14.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲35.9% | ▼18.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲14.1% | ▲12.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 42.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £65k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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 —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲13%
- Now 645
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 4 Jan 2026 (profit £2.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 14 Oct 2026
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