Dots for Spots Ltd
Registered name: DOTS FOR SPOTS LTD
Part of Thrasio UK Holdings, Ltd groupDots for Spots Ltd made £4.7m revenue and £107k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Dots for Spots Ltd’s revenue fell 10% to £4.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £107k profit and 1 employee. The company is classified under “retail sale via mail order houses or via internet” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 7 yrs · since 2018
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £5.3m | £4.7m |
| Cost of sales | £4m | £3.5m |
| Gross profit | £1.3m | £1.2m |
| Operating profit | £155k | £107k |
| Profit after tax | £172k | £107k |
| Profit (best available) | £172k | £107k |
| Employees (average) | 1 | 1 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 3.3% | 2.3% |
| Gross margin | 24% | 25.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £5.3m | £4.7m |
| Profit per employee | £172k | £107k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼10.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼37.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | £2m | £2.1m |
| Current assets | £2m | £2.1m |
| Debtors | £278k | £91.7k |
| Deferred income | £26.8k | £0 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 25.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £4.7m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £107k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.9%
- 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
- ▲5%
- Now £2.1m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 1
- Deferred income
- ▼100%
- Now £0
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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
- Thrasio UK Holdings, Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Dots for Spots Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Bellezo.com LtdRev. £8m · Profit −£381k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £107k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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