Retro Activewear Limited
Registered name: RETRO ACTIVEWEAR LIMITED
Retro Activewear Limited made £2.2m revenue and £58.1k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025. read from filing text
Retro Activewear Limited’s revenue grew 22% to £2.2m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £58.1k profit and 31 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of clothing and footwear” and is based in Brentwood; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Brentwood, East of England
- Age
- 11 yrs · since 2015
- 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 | 31 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £1.8m | £2.2m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £1.3m | £1.6m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £488k | £589k |
| Operating profit | — | — | £46k | £71.9k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £40.6k | £62.8k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £40.6k | £58.1k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £40.6k | £58.1k |
| Employees (average) | 22 | 30 | 30 | 31 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 2.3% | 2.6% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 27.1% | 26.8% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £59.9k | £70.8k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £1.4k | £1.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲22.1% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲43.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲36.4% | 0% | ▲3.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £52.4k | £85.5k | £18.9k | £16k |
| Net assets | £220k | £284k | £284k | £304k |
| Fixed assets | £415k | £441k | £540k | £521k |
| Current assets | £522k | £404k | £336k | £303k |
| Debtors | £360k | £280k | £280k | £240k |
| Deferred income | £23.2k | £27.1k | £18.3k | £17.8k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 26.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £70.8k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 23.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10.9%
- 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
- ▲7%
- Now £304k
- Cash at bank
- ▼15%
- Now £16k
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 31
- Deferred income
- ▼3%
- Now £17.8k
- Fixed assets
- ▼4%
- Now £521k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit £58.1k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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