Varley Clothing Limited
Registered name: VARLEY CLOTHING LIMITED
Part of Varley International Holdings Limited groupVarley Clothing Limited made £16.6m revenue and a £129k loss in the year to 31 Jul 2025.
Varley Clothing Limited’s revenue grew 44% to £16.6m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with a loss of £129k and 117 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other men's outerwear” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 14 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 | 30 Sep 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £5.4m | £7.1m | £11.5m | £16.6m |
| Cost of sales | £1.1m | £1.3m | £3m | £5.1m |
| Gross profit | £4.3m | £5.8m | £8.5m | £11.6m |
| Operating profit | −£871k | −£410k | £872k | −£144k |
| Profit before tax | −£876k | −£410k | £873k | −£129k |
| Profit after tax | −£876k | −£410k | £873k | −£129k |
| Profit (best available) | −£876k | −£410k | £873k | −£129k |
| Employees (average) | 35 | 44 | 77 | 117 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −16.2% | −5.8% | 7.6% | −0.8% |
| Gross margin | 78.8% | 82.1% | 74% | 69.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £155k | £160k | £149k | £142k |
| Profit per employee | −£25k | −£9.3k | £11.3k | −£1.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲44.5% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼114.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | — | ▲51.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £41.7k | £18k | £105k | £136k |
| Net assets | −£2.3m | −£2.7m | −£1.8m | −£1.9m |
| Fixed assets | £109k | £757k | £1.8m | £2m |
| Current assets | £3m | £3.6m | £5.4m | £8.4m |
| Debtors | £260k | £100k | £250k | £626k |
| Deferred income | £118k | £231k | £367k | £767k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 69.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £142k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£1.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 11.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3.8%
- 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 −£1.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲29%
- Now £136k
- Headcount
- ▲52%
- Now 117
- Deferred income
- ▲109%
- Now £767k
- Fixed assets
- ▲10%
- Now £2m
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
- Varley International Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Varley Clothing 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 FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jul 2025 (profit −£129k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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