Accessorize Stores Ltd
Registered name: ACCESSORIZE STORES LTD
Part of Adena Brands Ltd groupAccessorize Stores Ltd made £83.8m revenue and £5.2m profit in the year to 30 Aug 2025.
Accessorize Stores Ltd’s revenue grew 3% to £83.8m in the year to 30 Aug 2025, with £5.2m profit and 1,009 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale of clothing in specialised stores” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- 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 | 26 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 30 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £84.8m | £81m | £83.8m |
| Cost of sales | £23m | £21.6m | £19.7m |
| Gross profit | £61.8m | £59.4m | £64m |
| Operating profit | £8.8m | £2.3m | £5.5m |
| Profit before tax | £8.8m | £2.3m | £5.3m |
| Profit after tax | £7.1m | £2m | £5.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £7.1m | £2m | £5.2m |
| Staff costs | £13.7m | £15.6m | £16.4m |
| Employees (average) | 862 | 980 | 1,009 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 8.4% | 2.4% | 6.2% |
| Gross margin | 72.9% | 73.4% | 76.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £98.4k | £82.6k | £83k |
| Profit per employee | £8.2k | £2k | £5.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼4.5% | ▲3.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼72.3% | ▲161.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲13.7% | ▲3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £4.8m | £4.9m | £5.6m |
| Net assets | £18.3m | £19.3m | £24.4m |
| Fixed assets | £4.1m | £5.9m | £6.4m |
| Current assets | £34.1m | £27.6m | £30.1m |
| Debtors | £81k | £17.3m | £19.7m |
| Deferred income | £5.1m | £4.6m | £5m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 76.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £83k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 7.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 5.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 23.5%
- 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
- ▲27%
- Now £24.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲12%
- Now £5.6m
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 1,009
- Deferred income
- ▲7%
- Now £5m
- Fixed assets
- ▲9%
- Now £6.4m
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
- Adena Brands Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Accessorize Stores Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (7)
- Monsoon Brands LtdRev. £83.5m · Profit −£1.6m
- Accessorize Brands LtdRev. £51.7m · Profit £907k
- Monsoon Stores LtdRev. £19.7m · Profit −£3.2m
- Adena Services LtdRev. £0 · Profit −£1.6m
- Accessorize TM LtdFigures not disclosed
- East Heritage 1994 LtdFigures not disclosed
- Monsoon TM LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Aug 2025 (profit £5.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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