Pricecheck Toiletries Limited
Registered name: PRICECHECK TOILETRIES LIMITED
Pricecheck Toiletries Limited made £180m revenue and £5m profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Pricecheck Toiletries Limited’s revenue grew 19% to £180m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £5m profit and 321 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of perfume and cosmetics” and is based in Sheffield; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Sheffield, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 48 yrs · since 1978
- 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 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £130m | £152m | £180m |
| Cost of sales | −£107m | −£125m | −£147m |
| Gross profit | £23.2m | £27m | £32.5m |
| Operating profit | £1.9m | £4.2m | £7.3m |
| Profit before tax | £1.4m | £3.2m | £6.1m |
| Profit after tax | £1.2m | £2.4m | £5m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.2m | £2.4m | £5m |
| Employees (average) | 297 | 327 | 321 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 0.9% | 1.6% | 2.8% |
| Gross margin | 17.8% | 17.8% | 18.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £439k | £464k | £560k |
| Profit per employee | £4k | £7.2k | £15.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲16.2% | ▲18.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲98.5% | ▲110.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲10.1% | ▼1.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 18.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £560k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £15.5k
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 321
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 22 Oct 2026
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