Ariat Europe Limited
Registered name: ARIAT EUROPE LIMITED
Ariat Europe Limited made £19.6m revenue and £650k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025. read from filing text
Ariat Europe Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £19.6m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £650k profit and 61 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of clothing and footwear” and is based in Didcot; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Didcot, South East
- Age
- 39 yrs · since 1987
- 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's immediate parent is Ariat International Inc, incorporated in USA. The registered address is 3242 Whipple Road, Union City, CA, 94587.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £29.6m | £27m | £19.4m | £19.6m |
| Cost of sales | £17.7m | £16.4m | £10.3m | £9.8m |
| Gross profit | £11.8m | £10.5m | £9.1m | £9.8m |
| Operating profit | £238k | £1.8k | £793k | £845k |
| Profit before tax | £239k | £36.3k | £807k | £870k |
| Profit after tax | £188k | £51.8k | £1.5m | £650k |
| Profit (best available) | £188k | £51.8k | £1.5m | £650k |
| Staff costs | £5m | £5m | £3.5m | £4m |
| Employees (average) | 64 | 70 | 61 | 61 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.6% | 0.2% | 7.5% | 3.3% |
| Gross margin | 40.1% | 39% | 47% | 50.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £462k | £385k | £318k | £321k |
| Profit per employee | £2.9k | £741 | £23.9k | £10.7k |
| Cash conversion | −628.5% | 105888% | 208% | 62.2% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼8.8% | ▼28% | ▲1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼72.4% | ▲2717% | ▼55.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲9.4% | ▼12.9% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £5.6m | £3.6m | £1.9m | £1.3m |
| Net assets | £4.7m | £4.8m | £6.2m | £6.9m |
| Fixed assets | £521k | £442k | £129k | £115k |
| Current assets | £18.6m | £21.5m | £18.4m | £15.3m |
| Debtors | £1.8m | £1.2m | £3.6m | £1.4m |
| Deferred income | £1.9m | £1.1m | £939k | £903k |
| Cash from operations | −£1.5m | £1.9m | £1.7m | £526k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 50.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £321k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £10.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 62.2%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7%
- 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
- ▲10%
- Now £6.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▼29%
- Now £1.3m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 61
- Deferred income
- ▼4%
- Now £903k
- Fixed assets
- ▼11%
- Now £115k
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 Jun 2025 (profit £650k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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