Inspira Trading Limited
Registered name: INSPIRA TRADING LIMITED
Inspira Trading Limited made £13.9m revenue and £512k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Inspira Trading Limited’s revenue fell 16% to £13.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £512k profit and 10 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of household goods (other than musical instruments)” and is based in Arlesey; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Arlesey, East of England
- Age
- 17 yrs · since 2009
- 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 | 31 Dec 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) | £13.5m | £17m | £16.4m | £13.9m |
| Cost of sales | £12.2m | £15.4m | £14.8m | £12.3m |
| Gross profit | £1.3m | £1.6m | £1.6m | £1.6m |
| Operating profit | £646k | £863k | £844k | £756k |
| Profit before tax | £572k | £781k | £765k | £683k |
| Profit after tax | £459k | £597k | £572k | £512k |
| Profit (best available) | £459k | £597k | £572k | £512k |
| Employees (average) | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.4% | 3.5% | 3.5% | 3.7% |
| Gross margin | 9.7% | 9.3% | 10% | 11.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.3m | £1.9m | £1.6m | £1.4m |
| Profit per employee | £45.9k | £66.4k | £57.2k | £51.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲25.9% | ▼3.2% | ▼15.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲30.3% | ▼4.2% | ▼10.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼10% | ▲11.1% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £146k | £107k | £104k | £228k |
| Net assets | £2.7m | £3.2m | £3.7m | £4.2m |
| Fixed assets | £136k | £88.2k | £50.9k | £12.8k |
| Current assets | £4m | £4.3m | £5m | £5.5m |
| Debtors | £1.1m | £1.2m | £1.1m | £838k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 11.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.4m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £51.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 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
- ▲13%
- Now £4.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲118%
- Now £228k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 10
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼75%
- Now £12.8k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £512k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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