Official Watches Limited
Registered name: OFFICIAL WATCHES LIMITED
Official Watches Limited made £29.9m revenue and £171k profit in the year to 30 Mar 2025.
Official Watches Limited’s revenue grew 45% to £29.9m in the year to 30 Mar 2025, with £171k profit and 22 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale of watches and jewellery in specialised stores” and is based in Finchley; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Finchley, London
- Age
- 20 yrs · since 2006
- 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 | 30 Mar 2022 | 30 Mar 2023 | 30 Mar 2024 | 30 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £17.4m | £20.6m | £29.9m |
| Cost of sales | — | £15.6m | £18.4m | £27.2m |
| Gross profit | — | £1.8m | £2.2m | £2.7m |
| Operating profit | — | £592k | £520k | £696k |
| Profit before tax | — | £335k | £213k | £362k |
| Profit after tax | — | £248k | £110k | £171k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £248k | £110k | £171k |
| Staff costs | — | £293k | £437k | £603k |
| Employees (average) | 18 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 1.4% | 0.5% | 0.6% |
| Gross margin | — | 10.5% | 10.5% | 9% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £872k | £981k | £1.4m |
| Profit per employee | — | £12.4k | £5.2k | £7.8k |
| Cash conversion | — | −107.3% | −92.5% | −88.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲18.1% | ▲45.2% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼55.7% | ▲55.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲11.1% | ▲5% | ▲4.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £255k | £207k | £93.6k | £282k |
| Net assets | £1.5m | £1.5m | £1.5m | £1.6m |
| Fixed assets | £419k | £496k | £414k | £584k |
| Current assets | £4.4m | £5.1m | £6m | £8m |
| Debtors | £306k | £0 | £0 | £11.5k |
| Cash from operations | — | −£635k | −£481k | −£616k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.4m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −88.5%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- ▲6%
- Now £1.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲201%
- Now £282k
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 22
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲41%
- Now £584k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Mar 2025 (profit £171k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 17 Oct 2026
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