Smallworld Accessories Limited
Registered name: SMALLWORLD ACCESSORIES LIMITED
Part of Chuan Men Investment Inc groupSmallworld 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.
- 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”
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 | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full 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) | 263 | 247 | 241 | 306 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.6% | 5% | 0.3% | 1.4% |
| Gross margin | 29.1% | 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 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
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.
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
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Chuan Men Investment Inc (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent50–75%
- Smallworld Accessories Holdings Limited75–100%
- 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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