Miles Retail Ltd
Registered name: MILES RETAIL LTD
Miles Retail Ltd made £27.1m revenue and £371k profit in the year to 31 Jan 2025.
Miles Retail Ltd’s revenue grew 93% to £27.1m in the year to 31 Jan 2025, with £371k profit and 0 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale of automotive fuel in specialised stores” and is based in Bedford; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bedford, South East
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2014
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £14m | £27.1m |
| Cost of sales | — | £12.5m | £24.4m |
| Gross profit | — | £1.5m | £2.7m |
| Operating profit | — | £494k | £854k |
| Profit before tax | — | £339k | £527k |
| Profit after tax | — | £240k | £371k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £240k | £371k |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | 1.7% | 1.4% |
| Gross margin | — | 10.8% | 9.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲93% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲54.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | — | £8k | £30.4k |
| Net assets | £365k | £605k | £976k |
| Fixed assets | £676k | £590k | £484k |
| Current assets | £272k | £516k | £2.5m |
| Debtors | — | £232k | £1.9m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 9.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 6.9%
- 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
- ▲61%
- Now £976k
- Cash at bank
- ▲280%
- Now £30.4k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼18%
- Now £484k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jan 2025 (profit £371k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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