Royal Armouries Trading and Enterprises Limited
Registered name: ROYAL ARMOURIES TRADING AND ENTERPRISES LIMITED
Part of The Board Of Trustees Of The Royal Armouries groupRoyal Armouries Trading and Enterprises Limited made £4.5m revenue and £1.7m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026.
Royal Armouries Trading and Enterprises Limited’s revenue grew 15% to £4.5m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with £1.7m profit and 42 employees. The company is classified under “other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (not commercial art galleries and opticians)” and is based in Leeds; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Leeds, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 16 yrs · since 2010
- 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 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £3m | £3.7m | £3.9m | £4.5m |
| Cost of sales | £689k | £785k | −£800k | −£936k |
| Gross profit | £2.3m | £3m | £3.1m | £3.5m |
| Operating profit | £1.2m | £1.7m | £1.7m | £1.7m |
| Profit before tax | £0 | £0 | £1.7m | £1.7m |
| Profit after tax | £0 | £0 | £1.7m | £1.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £0 | £0 | £1.7m | £1.7m |
| Employees (average) | 32 | 36 | 38 | 42 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0% | 0% | 43.2% | 37.2% |
| Gross margin | 76.7% | 79% | 79.5% | 79.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £92.4k | £104k | £103k | £107k |
| Profit per employee | £0 | £0 | £44.4k | £39.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲26.5% | ▲4.4% | ▲14.8% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼1.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲12.5% | ▲5.6% | ▲10.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.7m | £2.2m | — | — |
| Net assets | £144k | £144k | — | — |
| Current assets | £2.3m | £2.9m | — | — |
| Debtors | £278k | £350k | — | — |
| Deferred income | £77.8k | £108k | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 37.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 79.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £107k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £39.7k
- 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
- ▲11%
- Now 42
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- The Board Of Trustees Of The Royal Armouries (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Royal Armouries Trading and Enterprises Limitedthis 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 accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2026 (profit £1.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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