Schoolblazer Limited
Registered name: SCHOOLBLAZER LIMITED
Part of Global Uniform Solutions Pty Ltd groupSchoolblazer Limited made £25.7m revenue and £2.5m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025. read from filing text
Schoolblazer Limited’s revenue fell 1% to £25.7m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £2.5m profit and 80 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale of clothing in specialised stores” and is based in Peterborough; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Peterborough, East of England
- Age
- 22 yrs · since 2004
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 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) | £21.6m | £23.9m | £25.9m | £25.7m |
| Cost of sales | £14.7m | £15.6m | £17.2m | £16.7m |
| Gross profit | £6.9m | £8.3m | £8.7m | £9m |
| Operating profit | £2.4m | £3.2m | £2.2m | £3.7m |
| Profit before tax | £2.2m | £2.8m | £1.4m | £3.2m |
| Profit after tax | £1.8m | £2.2m | £907k | £2.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.8m | £2.2m | £907k | £2.5m |
| Staff costs | £3.5m | £4m | £4.8m | £3.6m |
| Employees (average) | 74 | 84 | 84 | 80 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 8.5% | 9.1% | 3.5% | 9.9% |
| Gross margin | 32.1% | 34.7% | 33.5% | 35% |
| Revenue per employee | £291k | £285k | £308k | £321k |
| Profit per employee | £24.8k | £25.9k | £10.8k | £31.7k |
| Cash conversion | −42.6% | −35.9% | −216.5% | 28% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲10.9% | ▲8.2% | ▼0.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲18.8% | ▼58.4% | ▲180% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲13.5% | 0% | ▼4.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.6m | £2.2m | £3.9m | £2.2m |
| Net assets | £7.4m | £9.3m | £10.2m | £12.7m |
| Fixed assets | £626k | £474k | £1.8m | £5.6m |
| Current assets | £12m | £13.8m | £15.2m | £16.7m |
| Debtors | £0 | £92.8k | £1 | £161k |
| Deferred income | £1m | £850k | £2.1m | £1.2m |
| Cash from operations | −£1m | −£1.1m | −£4.7m | £1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 9.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 35%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £321k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £31.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 28%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 21.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.6%
- 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 £12.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼43%
- Now £2.2m
- Headcount
- ▼5%
- Now 80
- Deferred income
- ▼40%
- Now £1.2m
- Fixed assets
- ▲208%
- Now £5.6m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Global Uniform Solutions Pty Ltd (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Schoolblazer Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £2.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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