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Company No. 10437403 · Incorporated 20 Oct 2016

Smallworld Accessories Limited

Registered name: SMALLWORLD ACCESSORIES LIMITED

Part of Chuan Men Investment Inc group

Smallworld Accessories Limited made £20m revenue and £286k profit in the year to 28 Feb 2025. read from filing text

Smallworld Accessories Limited’s revenue grew 29% to £20m in the year to 28 Feb 2025, with £286k profit and 306 employees. The company is classified under “other retail sale in non-specialised stores” and is based in Lewes; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection G · Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehiclesSIC 47190Other retail sale in non-specialised stores
Status
Active
Location
Lewes, South East
Age
10 yrs · since 2016
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 immediate parent company is Smallworld Accessories Holdings Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales. Smallworld Accessories Holdings Limited prepares consolidated financial statements”

Latest accounts · year to 28 Feb 2025

Key figures

Capital-lightOperating leverageCash flow filed
Revenue
£20m
Growth ▲28.9%
Profit
£286k
Growth ▲463.4%
Profit margin
1.4%
Gross 32.4%
Employees
306
Change ▲27%
Profit / employee
£933
Revenue/employee £65.3k
Profitable streak
4yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to28 Feb 202228 Feb 202329 Feb 202428 Feb 2025
DisclosureFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£16.1m£16.8m£15.5m£20m
Cost of sales£11.4m£11.6m£10.8m£13.5m
Gross profit£4.7m£5.2m£4.7m£6.5m
Operating profit£813k£968k£370k£530k
Profit before tax£735k£875k£286k£416k
Profit after tax£585k£844k£50.7k£286k
Profit (best available)£585k£844k£50.7k£286k
Staff costs£2.6m£2.8m£3m£3.9m
Employees (average)263247241306
Ratios
Profit margin3.6%5%0.3%1.4%
Gross margin29.1%30.9%30.6%32.4%
Revenue per employee£61.3k£68k£64.3k£65.3k
Profit per employee£2.2k£3.4k£210£933
Cash conversion—−54.8%−28.3%−85.9%
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲4.2%▼7.8%▲28.9%
Profit growth—▲44.2%▼94%▲463.4%
Headcount growth—▼6.1%▼2.4%▲27%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£820k£1.2m£1.1m£1.2m
Net assets£749k£1.5m£1.6m£1.9m
Fixed assets£470k£383k£291k£330k
Current assets£5.1m£5.4m£5.5m£6.1m
Debtors£339k£431k£357k£669k
Deferred income£456k£211k£0£31.4k
Cash from operations—−£531k−£105k−£456k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
1.4%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
32.4%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£65.3k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£933
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
−85.9%
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
1.7%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
0.2%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
3.4%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▲19%
Now £1.9m
Cash at bank
▲12%
Now £1.2m
Headcount
▲27%
Now 306
Deferred income
—
Now £31.4k
Fixed assets
▲13%
Now £330k
Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Chuan Men Investment Inc (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent50–75%
  2. Smallworld Accessories Holdings Limited75–100%
  3. Smallworld Accessories 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 28 Feb 2025 (profit £286k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

Updated from Companies House on 16 Oct 2026

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