Regent Trading Limited
Registered name: REGENT TRADING LIMITED
Regent Trading Limited made £12.6m revenue and £1.4m profit in the year to 31 May 2025.
Regent Trading Limited’s revenue grew 22% to £12.6m in the year to 31 May 2025, with £1.4m profit and 8 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of waste and scrap” and is based in Waltham Abbey; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Waltham Abbey, 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 May 2022 | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £10.3m | £12.6m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £7.6m | £9.3m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £2.7m | £3.3m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £1.7m | £1.8m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £1.7m | £1.8m |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £1.3m | £1.4m |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £1.3m | £1.4m |
| Employees (average) | 4 | 6 | 10 | 8 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 13.1% | 10.9% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 26% | 26% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £1m | £1.6m |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £135k | £172k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲22% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲1.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲50% | ▲66.7% | ▼20% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £47.7k | £59.6k | £42.8k | £98k |
| Net assets | £259k | £896k | £1.9m | £3.2m |
| Fixed assets | £231k | £940k | £1.5m | £2.6m |
| Current assets | £117k | £216k | £816k | £1.1m |
| Debtors | £38.1k | £65.1k | £289k | £304k |
| Source | FilletedAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FilletedAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FilletedAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 10.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 26%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.6m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £172k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 20.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.4%
- 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
- ▲63%
- Now £3.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲129%
- Now £98k
- Headcount
- ▼20%
- Now 8
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲66%
- Now £2.6m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 May 2025 (profit £1.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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