Fairyloot Ltd
Registered name: FAIRYLOOT LTD
Part of Aetheria Holdings Ltd groupFairyloot Ltd made £23.4m revenue and £2.2m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Fairyloot Ltd’s revenue grew 22% to £23.4m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £2.2m profit and 35 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale via mail order houses or via internet” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 9 yrs · since 2017
- 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 | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £13.9m | £19.1m | £23.4m |
| Cost of sales | — | £10.8m | £14.2m | £18.6m |
| Gross profit | — | £3.2m | £4.9m | £4.9m |
| Operating profit | — | £2.2m | £3.5m | £3.1m |
| Profit before tax | — | £2.2m | £3.5m | £3.1m |
| Profit after tax | — | £1.8m | £2.7m | £2.2m |
| Profit (best available) | — | £1.8m | £2.7m | £2.2m |
| Staff costs | — | £472k | £740k | £1.1m |
| Employees (average) | 16 | 16 | 29 | 35 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 12.8% | 13.9% | 9.6% |
| Gross margin | — | 22.7% | 25.8% | 20.8% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £870k | £660k | £670k |
| Profit per employee | — | £111k | £91.4k | £64k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲37.6% | ▲22.4% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲48.9% | ▼15.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲81.3% | ▲20.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.2m | £2.6m | £3.4m | £3.3m |
| Net assets | £1.7m | £3.2m | £5.2m | £6.3m |
| Fixed assets | £63.6k | £80.1k | £81.8k | £91.6k |
| Current assets | £2.8m | £4.7m | £9.1m | £10.4m |
| Debtors | £880k | £946k | £3.6m | £3.3m |
| Deferred income | £676k | £377k | £1.4m | £2.1m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 9.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 20.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £670k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £64k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.9%
- 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
- ▲20%
- Now £6.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼2%
- Now £3.3m
- Headcount
- ▲21%
- Now 35
- Deferred income
- ▲51%
- Now £2.1m
- Fixed assets
- ▲12%
- Now £91.6k
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
- Aetheria Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Fairyloot Ltdthis 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 Mar 2025 (profit £2.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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