Milestone (Rathfriland) Limited
Registered name: MILESTONE (RATHFRILAND) LIMITED
Milestone (Rathfriland) Limited made £17.1m revenue and a £172k loss in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Milestone (Rathfriland) Limited’s revenue fell 2% to £17.1m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with a loss of £172k and 194 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating”; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Northern Ireland
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2003
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £17.4m | £17.1m |
| Cost of sales | £12.3m | £11.9m |
| Gross profit | £5.1m | £5.2m |
| Operating profit | £186k | −£17.1k |
| Profit before tax | £43k | −£184k |
| Profit after tax | −£72.4k | −£172k |
| Profit (best available) | −£72.4k | −£172k |
| Staff costs | £3.6m | £3.8m |
| Employees (average) | 207 | 194 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −0.4% | −1% |
| Gross margin | 29.4% | 30.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £84.2k | £88.1k |
| Profit per employee | −£350 | −£889 |
| Cash conversion | 59.7% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼1.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼6.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £104k | £121k |
| Net assets | £6.9m | £6.6m |
| Fixed assets | £10.3m | £10.3m |
| Current assets | £1.3m | £1.1m |
| Debtors | £238k | £261k |
| Deferred income | £143k | £156k |
| Cash from operations | £111k | £266k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 30.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £88.1k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£889
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 60.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.5%
- 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
- ▼5%
- Now £6.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲16%
- Now £121k
- Headcount
- ▼6%
- Now 194
- Deferred income
- ▲9%
- Now £156k
- Fixed assets
- ▼0%
- Now £10.3m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit −£172k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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