Adanola Limited
Registered name: ADANOLA LIMITED
Part of Adanola Holdings Limited groupAdanola Limited made £101m revenue and £12.7m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026.
Adanola Limited’s revenue grew 20% to £101m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with £12.7m profit and 122 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale of clothing in specialised stores” and is based in Manchester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Manchester, North West
- Age
- 8 yrs · since 2018
- 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 and ultimate parent company is Adanola Holdings Limited. The consolidated financial statements of Adanola Holdings Limited can be obtained from Companies House. The ultimate controlling ”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £27.9m | £57.1m | £84.5m | £101m |
| Cost of sales | £9.7m | £16.5m | £26.9m | £33.4m |
| Gross profit | £18.1m | £40.6m | £57.6m | £67.9m |
| Operating profit | £8.3m | £18.9m | £21.9m | £16.8m |
| Profit before tax | £8.3m | £19m | £22.2m | £17.2m |
| Profit after tax | £6.7m | £14.2m | £16.6m | £12.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £6.7m | £14.2m | £16.6m | £12.7m |
| Staff costs | £2.7m | £4.3m | £5.7m | £10m |
| Employees (average) | 53 | 76 | 93 | 122 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 24.1% | 24.9% | 19.6% | 12.5% |
| Gross margin | 65% | 71% | 68.1% | 67% |
| Revenue per employee | £526k | £752k | £909k | £831k |
| Profit per employee | £127k | £187k | £178k | £104k |
| Cash conversion | 88.8% | 67.1% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲104.9% | ▲48% | ▲20% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲111.9% | ▲16.7% | ▼23.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲43.4% | ▲22.4% | ▲31.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £8.8m | £20.4m | £25.5m | £41.2m |
| Net assets | £8.3m | £22.5m | £39m | £88.8m |
| Fixed assets | £317k | £1.3m | £49.7m | £44.4m |
| Current assets | £15m | £33.6m | £38.8m | £55.9m |
| Debtors | £2.7m | £2.7m | £1.8m | £1.2m |
| Deferred income | £1.2m | £3.2m | £5.4m | £5.4m |
| Cash from operations | £7.4m | £12.7m | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 12.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 67%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £831k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £104k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 43.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 5.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.1%
- 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
- ▲127%
- Now £88.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲62%
- Now £41.2m
- Headcount
- ▲31%
- Now 122
- Deferred income
- ▲0%
- Now £5.4m
- Fixed assets
- ▼11%
- Now £44.4m
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
- Adanola Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Adanola 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 31 Mar 2026 (profit £12.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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