Red Supplies Limited
Registered name: RED SUPPLIES LIMITED
Red Supplies Limited made £4.9m revenue and £908k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Red Supplies Limited’s revenue grew 3% to £4.9m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £908k profit and 21 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of other intermediate products” and is based in ST. Albans; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- ST. Albans, East of England
- Age
- 7 yrs · since 2019
- 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £2.2m | £3.1m | £4.7m | £4.9m |
| Cost of sales | £1.2m | £1.7m | £2.9m | £2.8m |
| Gross profit | £1m | £1.4m | £1.8m | £2.1m |
| Operating profit | £650k | £846k | £1.1m | £1.2m |
| Profit before tax | £650k | £846k | £1.1m | £1.2m |
| Profit after tax | £527k | £685k | £804k | £908k |
| Profit (best available) | £527k | £685k | £804k | £908k |
| Employees (average) | 9 | 15 | 21 | 21 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 24.2% | 22.1% | 17% | 18.7% |
| Gross margin | 46.4% | 45.6% | 38.5% | 42.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £242k | £207k | £226k | £232k |
| Profit per employee | £58.5k | £45.7k | £38.3k | £43.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲42.8% | ▲52.7% | ▲2.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲30% | ▲17.4% | ▲13% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲66.7% | ▲40% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £147k | £311k | £289k | £348k |
| Net assets | £980k | £1.8m | £2.6m | £3.5m |
| Fixed assets | £496k | £768k | £1m | £883k |
| Current assets | £594k | £1.3m | £2.2m | £3.3m |
| Debtors | £274k | £642k | £784k | £968k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 18.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 42.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £232k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £43.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 18.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 19.9%
- 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
- ▲35%
- Now £3.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲20%
- Now £348k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 21
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼14%
- Now £883k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £908k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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