Refy Beauty Ltd
Registered name: REFY BEAUTY LTD
Part of Refy Beauty Holdings Limited groupRefy Beauty Ltd made £43.9m revenue and £5.6m profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
Refy Beauty Ltd’s revenue grew 9% to £43.9m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £5.6m profit and 124 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of perfume and cosmetics” and is based in Manchester; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Manchester, North West
- Age
- 6 yrs · since 2020
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £40.4m | £43.9m |
| Cost of sales | £14.9m | £18.8m |
| Gross profit | £25.5m | £25.1m |
| Operating profit | £13.3m | £7.5m |
| Profit before tax | £13.3m | £7.5m |
| Profit after tax | £9.9m | £5.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £9.9m | £5.6m |
| Staff costs | £4.2m | £5.3m |
| Employees (average) | 94 | 124 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 24.6% | 12.8% |
| Gross margin | 63.1% | 57.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £430k | £354k |
| Profit per employee | £106k | £45.2k |
| Cash conversion | 51.4% | 60.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲8.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼43.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲31.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £11.5m | £13.3m |
| Net assets | £22.5m | £28.1m |
| Fixed assets | £1.2m | £2.1m |
| Current assets | £28.6m | £32m |
| Debtors | £5.1m | £4.3m |
| Deferred income | £1.9m | £2.6m |
| Cash from operations | £6.8m | £4.5m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 12.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 57.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £354k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £45.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 60.7%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 9.8%
- 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
- ▲25%
- Now £28.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲16%
- Now £13.3m
- Headcount
- ▲32%
- Now 124
- Deferred income
- ▲37%
- Now £2.6m
- Fixed assets
- ▲74%
- Now £2.1m
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
- Refy Beauty Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Refy Beauty Ltdthis 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 Aug 2025 (profit £5.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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