Federici Brands Ltd
Registered name: FEDERICI BRANDS LTD
Part of L'Oreal S.A. groupFederici Brands Ltd made £77.8m revenue and £17.1m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Federici Brands Ltd’s revenue grew 10% to £77.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £17.1m profit and 45 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale of cosmetic and toilet articles in specialised stores” and is based in London; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 19 yrs · since 2007
- 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: “L'Oreal S.A.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £15.6m | £43.7m | £70.5m | £77.8m |
| Cost of sales | — | £4.6m | £10.7m | £18.8m | £19.7m |
| Gross profit | — | £11m | £33m | £51.6m | £58.1m |
| Operating profit | — | £1.9m | £15.1m | £20.8m | £22.7m |
| Profit before tax | — | £1.8m | £14.9m | £20.5m | £22.7m |
| Profit after tax | — | £1.5m | £11.4m | £15.4m | £17.1m |
| Profit (best available) | — | £1.5m | £11.4m | £15.4m | £17.1m |
| Employees (average) | 16 | 19 | 25 | 32 | 45 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | — | 9.5% | 26.1% | 21.8% | 22% |
| Gross margin | — | 70.3% | 75.5% | 73.3% | 74.7% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £821k | £1.7m | £2.2m | £1.7m |
| Profit per employee | — | £78.1k | £456k | £481k | £380k |
| Cash conversion | — | 184.3% | 42.7% | 48.8% | 103% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲180.4% | ▲61.2% | ▲10.3% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲668% | ▲35% | ▲11.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲18.8% | ▲31.6% | ▲28% | ▲40.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £2m | £5.2m | £10.8m | £10.2m | £25m |
| Net assets | £1.4m | £2.9m | £14.3m | £24.7m | £41.8m |
| Fixed assets | £17.4k | £15k | £19.3k | £306k | £532k |
| Debtors | £1.7m | £3m | £6.7m | £10.6m | £10.5m |
| Deferred income | — | £273k | £1.2m | £634k | £2.4m |
| Cash from operations | — | £3.5m | £6.5m | £10.2m | £23.4m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 22%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 74.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.7m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £380k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 103%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.6%
- 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
- ▲69%
- Now £41.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲145%
- Now £25m
- Headcount
- ▲41%
- Now 45
- Deferred income
- ▲275%
- Now £2.4m
- Fixed assets
- ▲74%
- Now £532k
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
- L'Oreal S.A. (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Federici Brands Ltdthis 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 31 Dec 2025 (profit £17.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 14 Oct 2026
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