Forma Brands UK Limited
Registered name: FORMA BRANDS UK LIMITED
Forma Brands UK Limited made £26.6m revenue and £3.2m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Forma Brands UK Limited’s revenue was £26.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £3.2m profit and 50 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of perfume and cosmetics” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 2 yrs · since 2024
- 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”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £26.6m |
| Cost of sales | — | £14.2m |
| Gross profit | — | £12.4m |
| Profit before tax | — | £3.4m |
| Profit after tax | — | £3.2m |
| Profit (best available) | — | £3.2m |
| Staff costs | — | £4.8m |
| Employees (average) | — | 50 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | — | 11.9% |
| Gross margin | — | 46.5% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £533k |
| Profit per employee | — | £63.6k |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £1 | £1.1m |
| Net assets | £1 | £9m |
| Current assets | — | £10.7m |
| Debtors | — | £2.2m |
| Deferred income | — | £2.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 11.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 46.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £533k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £63.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 7.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 8.2%
- 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
- —
- Now £9m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £1.1m
- Headcount
- —
- Now 50
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £2.1m
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Minority corporate shareholders
- Jefferies Financial Group Inc (registered outside the UK register) 25–50%
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 £3.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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