Aesop UK Limited
Registered name: AESOP UK LIMITED
Aesop UK Limited made £224m revenue and a £50.6m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024. read from filing text
Aesop UK Limited’s revenue grew 201% to £224m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £50.6m and 496 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
- 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. From the filing: “T”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £47.8m | £74.5m | £224m |
| Cost of sales | £19.4m | £26.3m | £77.2m |
| Gross profit | £28.3m | £48.2m | £147m |
| Operating profit | £14.6m | −£33.9m | −£37.8m |
| Profit before tax | £14.6m | £6.7m | −£53.7m |
| Profit after tax | £14.3m | £15.7m | −£50.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £14.3m | £15.7m | −£50.6m |
| Staff costs | £26m | £31.6m | £51.7m |
| Employees (average) | 437 | 427 | 496 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 29.9% | 21% | −22.6% |
| Gross margin | 59.3% | 64.7% | 65.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £109k | £174k | £452k |
| Profit per employee | £32.7k | £36.7k | −£102k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲55.8% | ▲201.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲9.6% | ▼423.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2.3% | ▲16.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £7m | £5.3m | £3.2m |
| Net assets | £55.6m | £71.4m | £20.8m |
| Fixed assets | £8.6m | £303m | £12m |
| Current assets | £89.1m | £78.9m | £123m |
| Debtors | £2.1m | £4.5m | £2.6m |
| Deferred income | £4.3m | £9.3m | £14.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −22.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 65.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £452k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£102k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 6.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.2%
- 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
- ▼71%
- Now £20.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▼39%
- Now £3.2m
- Headcount
- ▲16%
- Now 496
- Deferred income
- ▲53%
- Now £14.2m
- Fixed assets
- ▼96%
- Now £12m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Aesop Bidco LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit −£50.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 12 Oct 2026
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