NC LDN Ltd
Registered name: NC LDN LTD
Part of ST Templemead Ltd groupNC LDN Ltd made £19.8m revenue and £4.2m profit in the year to 31 May 2025.
NC LDN Ltd’s revenue grew 36% to £19.8m in the year to 31 May 2025, with £4.2m profit and 35 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale of clothing in specialised stores” and is based in Portsmouth; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Portsmouth, South East
- 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 May 2022 | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £14.4m | £14.5m | £19.8m |
| Cost of sales | — | £3.9m | £3.9m | £5.2m |
| Gross profit | — | £10.5m | £10.6m | £14.6m |
| Operating profit | — | £7.1m | £4.6m | £5.4m |
| Profit before tax | — | £7.1m | £4.8m | £5.6m |
| Profit after tax | — | £5.7m | £3.6m | £4.2m |
| Profit (best available) | — | £5.7m | £3.6m | £4.2m |
| Staff costs | — | £390k | £799k | £1.4m |
| Employees (average) | 12 | 14 | 20 | 35 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 39.7% | 24.6% | 21.1% |
| Gross margin | — | 72.9% | 73.2% | 73.7% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £1m | £726k | £565k |
| Profit per employee | — | £407k | £179k | £119k |
| Cash conversion | — | −98.9% | −88.4% | −102.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲1.1% | ▲36.1% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼37.3% | ▲16.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲16.7% | ▲42.9% | ▲75% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.2m | £7.1m | £5.8m | £3.2m |
| Net assets | £1.3m | £6.4m | £5.7m | £3.2m |
| Fixed assets | £19k | £53.6k | £43.2k | £22.1k |
| Current assets | £2.7m | £8m | £7.6m | £5.2m |
| Debtors | £186k | £79k | £85.3k | £126k |
| Deferred income | — | £0 | £150k | — |
| Cash from operations | — | −£7m | −£4.1m | −£5.5m |
| Source | FilletedAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FilletedAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 21.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 73.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £565k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £119k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −102.6%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.6%
- 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
- ▼44%
- Now £3.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼45%
- Now £3.2m
- Headcount
- ▲75%
- Now 35
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼49%
- Now £22.1k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- ST Templemead Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- NC LDN 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 May 2025 (profit £4.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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