Shoe Zone PLC
Registered name: SHOE ZONE PLC
Shoe Zone PLC made £149m revenue and £1.9m profit in the year to 27 Sep 2025.
Shoe Zone PLC’s revenue fell 8% to £149m in the year to 27 Sep 2025, with £1.9m profit and 2,220 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale of footwear in specialised stores” and is based in Leicester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Leicester, East Midlands
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2014
- Type
- Public 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 Sep 2023 | 27 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2024 | 27 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £166m | £161m | £161m | £149m |
| Cost of sales | −£125m | −£126m | −£126m | −£121m |
| Gross profit | £40.9m | £35.5m | £35.5m | £27.6m |
| Operating profit | £16.8m | £11.3m | £11.3m | £4.8m |
| Profit before tax | £16.2m | £10.1m | £10.1m | £3.3m |
| Profit after tax | £13.2m | £7.4m | £7.4m | £1.9m |
| Profit (best available) | £13.2m | £7.4m | £7.4m | £1.9m |
| Employees (average) | 2,593 | 2,464 | 2,464 | 2,220 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 8% | 4.6% | 4.6% | 1.3% |
| Gross margin | 24.7% | 22% | 22% | 18.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £63.9k | £65.5k | £65.5k | £67.2k |
| Profit per employee | £5.1k | £3k | £3k | £851 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼2.6% | — | ▼7.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼43.9% | — | ▼74.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼5% | — | ▼9.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | — | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2026 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 18.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £67.2k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £851
- 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
- ▼10%
- Now 2,220
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (3)
- Castle Acres Development LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Shoe Zone Retail LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Shoefayre Pension Trustees LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 27 Sep 2025 (profit £1.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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