L'occitane Limited
Registered name: L'OCCITANE LIMITED
L'occitane Limited made £69m revenue and £3.7m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
L'occitane Limited’s revenue grew 7% to £69m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £3.7m profit and 346 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale of cosmetic and toilet articles in specialised stores” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 29 yrs · since 1996
- 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 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £59.7m | £64.3m | £69m |
| Cost of sales | £22.1m | £20.7m | −£19.6m |
| Gross profit | £37.6m | £43.6m | £49.4m |
| Operating profit | £1m | £2m | £3.9m |
| Profit before tax | £1.1m | £2.2m | £4.1m |
| Profit after tax | £466k | £2.1m | £3.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £466k | £2.1m | £3.7m |
| Employees (average) | 350 | 340 | 346 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 0.8% | 3.3% | 5.4% |
| Gross margin | 63% | 67.8% | 71.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £170k | £189k | £199k |
| Profit per employee | £1.3k | £6.3k | £10.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲7.8% | ▲7.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲357.3% | ▲74.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2.9% | ▲1.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1.4m | £2.2m | — |
| Net assets | £7.2m | £8.3m | — |
| Fixed assets | £1.8m | £2.6m | — |
| Current assets | £21m | £24m | — |
| Debtors | £10.7m | £12.8m | — |
| Deferred income | £4.6m | £5.7m | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 71.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £199k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £10.7k
- 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 346
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £3.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 14 Oct 2026
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