Represent Clothing Limited
Registered name: REPRESENT CLOTHING LIMITED
Part of Owners Club Topco Limited groupRepresent Clothing Limited made £83.1m revenue and a £3.4m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Represent Clothing Limited’s revenue fell 11% to £83.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £3.4m and 144 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale of clothing in specialised stores” and is based in Bolton; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bolton, North West
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2014
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently. From the filing: “The company is owned and controlled by Owners Club Bidco Limited by virtue of their 100% shareholding.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £93m | £83.1m |
| Cost of sales | £34.4m | £39m | £39.4m |
| Gross profit | — | £53.2m | £43.7m |
| Operating profit | — | £11.9m | −£4.6m |
| Profit before tax | — | £12.1m | −£4.3m |
| Profit after tax | £10m | £11.5m | −£3.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £10m | £11.5m | −£3.4m |
| Staff costs | £5.3m | £7.1m | £8m |
| Employees (average) | 66 | 104 | 144 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | 12.4% | −4.1% |
| Gross margin | — | 57.2% | 52.6% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £894k | £577k |
| Profit per employee | £152k | £111k | −£23.9k |
| Cash conversion | — | −62.2% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼10.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲15% | ▼129.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲57.6% | ▲38.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £21.3m | £15.6m | £10.3m |
| Net assets | £19.6m | £27.6m | £3.2m |
| Fixed assets | £3.6m | £5.6m | £6.6m |
| Current assets | £39.9m | £47.5m | £45.3m |
| Debtors | £4.9m | £4.1m | £2.5m |
| Deferred income | £5.6m | £6m | £9.6m |
| Cash from operations | −£15.6m | −£7.4m | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −4.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 52.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £577k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£23.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 7.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 11.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3%
- 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
- ▼88%
- Now £3.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼34%
- Now £10.3m
- Headcount
- ▲38%
- Now 144
- Deferred income
- ▲60%
- Now £9.6m
- Fixed assets
- ▲19%
- Now £6.6m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Owners Club Topco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Owners Club Bidco Limited75–100%
- Represent Clothing Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
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 2025 (profit −£3.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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