Holland Cooper Clothing Limited
Registered name: HOLLAND COOPER CLOTHING LIMITED
Part of Holland Cooper Holdings Limited groupHolland Cooper Clothing Limited made £50.2m revenue and £6.4m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Holland Cooper Clothing Limited’s revenue grew 35% to £50.2m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £6.4m profit and 90 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale of clothing in specialised stores” and is based in Cheltenham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cheltenham, South West
- Age
- 15 yrs · since 2011
- 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 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £20.7m | £26.7m | £37m | £50.2m |
| Cost of sales | £7.6m | £9.5m | −£13.2m | −£17.8m |
| Gross profit | £13.1m | £17.1m | £23.8m | £32.3m |
| Operating profit | £4.9m | £5.2m | £6.4m | £8.5m |
| Profit before tax | £5m | £5.1m | £6.6m | £8.6m |
| Profit after tax | £4m | £4.2m | £4.9m | £6.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £4m | £4.2m | £4.9m | £6.4m |
| Staff costs | £1.9m | £2.6m | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 46 | 61 | 74 | 90 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 19.4% | 15.6% | 13.2% | 12.7% |
| Gross margin | 63.2% | 64.3% | 64.3% | 64.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £449k | £437k | £500k | £557k |
| Profit per employee | £87.3k | £68k | £66.2k | £71k |
| Cash conversion | — | 48.9% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲29% | ▲38.9% | ▲35.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲3.4% | ▲18% | ▲30.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲32.6% | ▲21.3% | ▲21.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £6m | £6m | — | — |
| Net assets | £8.6m | £11m | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £729k | £922k | — | — |
| Current assets | £11.4m | £14.7m | — | — |
| Debtors | £575k | £391k | — | — |
| Cash from operations | — | £2.5m | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 12.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 64.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £557k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £71k
- 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
- ▲22%
- Now 90
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Holland Cooper Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Holland Cooper Clothing Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Holland Cooper Retail LtdFigures not disclosed
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 2025 (profit £6.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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