Design Club London Limited
Registered name: DESIGN CLUB LONDON LIMITED
Part of Chel (Shares) LLP groupDesign Club London Limited made £226k revenue and a £16k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Design Club London Limited’s revenue grew 40% to £226k in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £16k and 5 employees. The company is classified under “licensed clubs”; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London
- Age
- 20 yrs · since 2006
- 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 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £222k | £283k | £161k | £226k |
| Gross profit | £222k | £283k | — | — |
| Operating profit | −£6.5k | −£6.9k | −£79.7k | −£16k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | −£79.7k | −£16k |
| Profit after tax | −£6.5k | −£6.9k | −£79.7k | −£16k |
| Profit (best available) | −£6.5k | −£6.9k | −£79.7k | −£16k |
| Employees (average) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −2.9% | −2.4% | −49.4% | −7.1% |
| Gross margin | 100% | 100% | — | — |
| Revenue per employee | £44.5k | £56.7k | £32.3k | £45.1k |
| Profit per employee | −£1.3k | −£1.4k | −£15.9k | −£3.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲39.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | — | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £877 | £1.4k | — | — |
| Net assets | −£49.8k | −£56.7k | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £121 | £0 | — | — |
| Current assets | £13.8k | £3.5k | — | — |
| Debtors | £1.6k | £1.6k | — | — |
| Deferred income | £25.1k | £27.5k | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −7.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £45.1k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£3.2k
- 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
- 0%
- Now 5
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Chel (Shares) LLPultimate parent75–100%
- Design Club London Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Idec Promotions LimitedRev. £2.2m · Profit £181k
- Design Centre Personal Shopping LimitedRev. £200k · Profit −£89.9k
- Chel (No. 1) LimitedRev. — · Profit £2.4m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£16k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 21 Oct 2026
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