The Department Store Brixton Ltd
Registered name: THE DEPARTMENT STORE BRIXTON LTD
The Department Store Brixton Ltd made £11.1m revenue and a £65.7k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
The Department Store Brixton Ltd’s revenue was £11.1m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £65.7k and 86 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
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jul 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 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) | £12.3m | £11.2m | £7.3m | £11.1m |
| Cost of sales | £3.4m | £4.3m | £2.7m | £4.2m |
| Gross profit | £8.9m | £6.9m | £4.6m | £6.9m |
| Operating profit | £3.5m | £3.1m | £1.7m | £1.7m |
| Profit before tax | £2.7m | £1.8m | £809k | £593k |
| Profit after tax | £2.2m | £1.5m | £647k | −£65.7k |
| Profit (best available) | £2.2m | £1.5m | £647k | −£65.7k |
| Employees (average) | 120 | 82 | 84 | 86 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 17.9% | 13.6% | 8.8% | −0.6% |
| Gross margin | 72.7% | 61.8% | 62.8% | 62.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £103k | £137k | £87.4k | £129k |
| Profit per employee | £18.4k | £18.5k | £7.7k | −£764 |
| Cash conversion | — | −124.5% | 13.8% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼8.8% | — | — |
| Profit growth | — | ▼31% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼31.7% | — | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.3m | £3.5m | £1.5m | £1.3m |
| Net assets | £35.2m | £36.8m | £37.4m | £32.4m |
| Fixed assets | £58.4m | £57.1m | £56.5m | £50m |
| Current assets | £8.3m | £9.4m | £11.7m | £10.7m |
| Debtors | £188k | £99.1k | £427k | £569k |
| Deferred income | £71k | £0 | £176k | £175k |
| Cash from operations | — | −£3.9m | £232k | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 62.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £129k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£764
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 450.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 5.1%
- 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 £32.4m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £1.3m
- Headcount
- —
- Now 86
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £175k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £50m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit −£65.7k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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