Viking Arms Limited
Registered name: VIKING ARMS LIMITED
Viking Arms Limited made £2.7m profit in the year to 31 Jan 2026 (revenue not disclosed).
Viking Arms Limited reported £2.7m profit in the year to 31 Jan 2026, up 8% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 27 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of other intermediate products” and is based in Harrogate; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Harrogate, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 60 yrs · since 1965
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jan 2022 | 31 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 | 31 Jan 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £12.2m | £15.4m | £16m | — |
| Cost of sales | — | £9.1m | £10.5m | £10.1m | — |
| Gross profit | — | £3.1m | £4.9m | £5.8m | — |
| Operating profit | — | £1.2m | £2.6m | £3.3m | — |
| Profit before tax | — | £1.2m | £2.6m | £3.3m | — |
| Profit after tax | — | £994k | £2m | £2.5m | £2.7m |
| Profit (best available) | — | £994k | £2m | £2.5m | £2.7m |
| Staff costs | — | £1.2m | £1.4m | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 23 | 22 | 26 | 24 | 27 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | — | 8.1% | 13% | 15.6% | — |
| Gross margin | — | 25.6% | 32% | 36.5% | — |
| Revenue per employee | — | £555k | £592k | £666k | — |
| Profit per employee | — | £45.2k | £77.2k | £104k | £99.1k |
| Cash conversion | — | −88.7% | −81% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲26.1% | ▲3.8% | — |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲101.9% | ▲23.9% | ▲7.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4.3% | ▲18.2% | ▼7.7% | ▲12.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £550k | £1.3m | £3m | £3.4m | £4.8m |
| Net assets | £3.4m | £4.2m | £6m | £8.2m | £10.2m |
| Fixed assets | £758k | £766k | £749k | £2.7m | £2.7m |
| Current assets | £4m | £6.1m | £8m | £9.7m | £10m |
| Debtors | £586k | £1.2m | £1.9m | £1.8m | £990k |
| Cash from operations | — | −£1.1m | −£2.1m | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £99.1k
- 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
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- ▲24%
- Now £10.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲41%
- Now £4.8m
- Headcount
- ▲13%
- Now 27
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲0%
- Now £2.7m
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Hannam's Reloading LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jan 2026 (profit £2.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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