The Store X Limited
Registered name: THE STORE X LIMITED
Part of The Vinyl Factory Limited groupThe Store X Limited made £10.3m revenue and a £224k loss in the year to 28 Feb 2025.
The Store X Limited’s revenue fell 22% to £10.3m in the year to 28 Feb 2025, with a loss of £224k and 66 employees. The company is classified under “other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (not commercial art galleries and opticians)” and is based in Lincoln; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Lincoln, East Midlands
- Age
- 11 yrs · since 2015
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 28 Feb 2022 | 28 Feb 2023 | 29 Feb 2024 | 28 Feb 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £13.3m | £10.3m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £12.6m | £10.1m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £660k | £195k |
| Operating profit | — | — | £47.2k | −£223k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £44.7k | −£224k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £44.7k | −£224k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £44.7k | −£224k |
| Employees (average) | 14 | 38 | 59 | 66 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 0.3% | −2.2% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 5% | 1.9% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £225k | £156k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £758 | −£3.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▼22.4% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼600.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲171.4% | ▲55.3% | ▲11.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £9k | £3.6k | £166k | £8.9k |
| Net assets | −£428k | −£752k | −£707k | −£931k |
| Fixed assets | £1m | £1.1m | £1.1m | £1.4m |
| Current assets | £2.2m | £2.7m | £3.7m | £4.8m |
| Debtors | £145k | £289k | £754k | £621k |
| Deferred income | — | — | £58.6k | £32k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −2.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 1.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £156k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£3.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 13.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 6%
- 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 −£931k
- Cash at bank
- ▼95%
- Now £8.9k
- Headcount
- ▲12%
- Now 66
- Deferred income
- ▼45%
- Now £32k
- Fixed assets
- ▲20%
- Now £1.4m
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
- The Vinyl Factory Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- The Store X Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (8)
- Vinyl Space LimitedRev. £8.2m · Profit −£199k
- Alex Eagle Store LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Marshall Street Regeneration LimitedRev. — · Profit −£3.5m
- Vinyl Factory Manufacturing LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Vinyl Factory Music LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Vinyl Factory Productions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Vinyl Factory Publishing LtdFigures not disclosed
- Vinyl Factory Records LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 28 Feb 2025 (profit −£224k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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