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Company No. 14757702 · Incorporated 25 Mar 2023

Consumer Brands Limited

Registered name: CONSUMER BRANDS LIMITED

Part of NLC Group of Companies Limited group

Consumer Brands Limited made £30.1m revenue and £378k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.

Consumer Brands Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £30.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £378k profit and 35 employees. The company is classified under “other service activities” and is based in Poole; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection S · Other service activitiesSIC 96090Other service activities n.e.c.
Status
Active
Location
Poole, South West
Age
3 yrs · since 2023
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. From the filing: “The Company's immediate parent is Helix Brands Ltd, which holds 70% of the issued ordinary share capital of the Company. The ultimate parent undertaking and controlling party is NLC Group of Companies”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2025

Key figures

Capital-lightYoung and profitable
Revenue
£30.1m
Growth ▲1.5%
Profit
£378k
Growth ▼72.7%
Profit margin
1.3%
Gross 31.5%
Employees
35
Change ▲20.7%
Profit / employee
£10.8k
Revenue/employee £859k
Profitable streak
2yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

2 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202431 Dec 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£29.6m£30.1m
Cost of sales£19.7m£20.6m
Gross profit£9.9m£9.5m
Operating profit£2.1m£708k
Profit before tax£1.9m£517k
Profit after tax£1.4m£378k
Profit (best available)£1.4m£378k
Staff costs£1.4m£1.8m
Employees (average)2935
Ratios
Profit margin4.7%1.3%
Gross margin33.6%31.5%
Revenue per employee£1m£859k
Profit per employee£47.7k£10.8k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲1.5%
Profit growth—▼72.7%
Headcount growth—▲20.7%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£34.4k£407k
Net assets£1.5m£1.1m
Fixed assets£152k£630k
Current assets£15.7m£19.3m
Debtors£8.1m£8.3m
Deferred income£2.1m£3.2m
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
1.3%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
31.5%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£859k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£10.8k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
2.1%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
10.7%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
27.5%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▼31%
Now £1.1m
Cash at bank
▲1082%
Now £407k
Headcount
▲21%
Now 35
Deferred income
▲52%
Now £3.2m
Fixed assets
▲314%
Now £630k

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. NLC Group of Companies Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Poole Lighting Limited75–100%
  3. Interiors 1900 Ltd.50–75%
  4. Consumer Brands Limitedthis 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 Dec 2025 (profit £378k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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