Backstreet International Merchandise Limited
Registered name: BACKSTREET INTERNATIONAL MERCHANDISE LIMITED
Backstreet International Merchandise Limited made £16.5m revenue and £278k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Backstreet International Merchandise Limited’s revenue was £16.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £278k profit and 49 employees. The company is classified under “other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets” and is based in Epsom; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Epsom, London
- Age
- 35 yrs · since 1991
- 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 | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | £23.1m | £16.5m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | — | £18.4m | £12.5m |
| Gross profit | — | — | — | £4.7m | £4m |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £1.2m | £706k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £1.2m | £709k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | — | £1.1m | £278k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | — | £1.1m | £278k |
| Staff costs | — | — | — | £2.2m | £1.5m |
| Employees (average) | 34 | 38 | 45 | 50 | 49 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | 5% | 1.7% |
| Gross margin | — | — | — | 20.4% | 24.3% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | — | £461k | £336k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | — | £22.9k | £5.7k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | — | −42.7% | 6.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Headcount growth | — | ▲11.8% | ▲18.4% | ▲11.1% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £1.3m | £1.4m | £1.9m | £615k | £427k |
| Net assets | £446k | £1m | £1.3m | £2.4m | £2.6m |
| Fixed assets | £26k | £22.9k | £6.8k | £532k | £355k |
| Current assets | £2.3m | £3.9m | £4.3m | £6.9m | £6.5m |
| Debtors | £274k | £568k | £636k | £2.2m | £629k |
| Deferred income | £28.8k | £1.3m | £1.2m | £709k | £357k |
| Cash from operations | — | — | — | −£501k | £43.2k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 24.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £336k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 6.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3.8%
- 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 £2.6m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £427k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 49
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £357k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £355k
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 £278k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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