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Company No. SC071827 · Incorporated 12 Jun 1980

Fitshop UK Ltd

Registered name: FITSHOP UK LTD

Fitshop UK Ltd made £19.4m revenue and a £1.6m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text

Fitshop UK Ltd’s revenue grew 4% to £19.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £1.6m and 89 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale of sports goods, fishing gear, camping goods, boats and bicycles” and is based in Glasgow; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection G · Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehiclesSIC 47640Retail sale of sports goods, fishing gear, camping goods, boats and bicycles
Status
Active
Location
Glasgow, Scotland
Age
46 yrs · since 1980
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: “Fitshop GmbH, a company incorporated in Germany, is the immediate parent through its ownership of the entire issued share capital of the company.”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2025

Key figures

Capital-lightCash flow filed
Revenue
£19.4m
Growth ▲3.6%
Profit
−£1.6m
Growth —
Profit margin
−8.4%
Gross 30.5%
Employees
89
Change ▲2.3%
Profit / employee
−£18.4k
Revenue/employee £218k
Profitable streak
0yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

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

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202231 Dec 202331 Dec 202431 Dec 2025
DisclosureFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£13.3m£15.6m£18.7m£19.4m
Cost of sales£9.7m£11.4m£13.1m£13.5m
Gross profit£3.6m£4.2m£5.7m£5.9m
Operating profit−£1.6m−£1.5m−£1.2m−£1.6m
Profit before tax−£1.7m−£1.6m−£1.2m−£1.7m
Profit after tax−£1.4m−£1.5m−£1.2m−£1.6m
Profit (best available)−£1.4m−£1.5m−£1.2m−£1.6m
Staff costs£2.4m£2.5m£2.8m£2.9m
Employees (average)87858789
Ratios
Profit margin−10.3%−9.9%−6.4%−8.4%
Gross margin27.1%27%30.3%30.5%
Revenue per employee£153k£184k£215k£218k
Profit per employee−£15.8k−£18.2k−£13.8k−£18.4k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲17.7%▲19.9%▲3.6%
Headcount growth—▼2.3%▲2.4%▲2.3%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£98.2k£1.3m£228k£244k
Net assets£8.8m£7.2m£6m£4.4m
Fixed assets£1m£905k£886k£1m
Current assets£12.4m£11.9m£12.6m£10.3m
Debtors£1.1m£1.4m£1.5m£1.1m
Deferred income£622k£886k£1.3m£1.4m
Cash from operations−£666k−£1.3m£1.2m−£336k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
−8.4%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
30.5%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£218k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
−£18.4k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
5.2%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
7.4%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
5.8%
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
▼27%
Now £4.4m
Cash at bank
▲7%
Now £244k
Headcount
▲2%
Now 89
Deferred income
▲11%
Now £1.4m
Fixed assets
▲13%
Now £1m

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 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£1.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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