Aspire Furniture Limited
Registered name: ASPIRE FURNITURE LIMITED
Aspire Furniture Limited made £20m revenue and £119k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Aspire Furniture Limited’s revenue grew 4% to £20m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £119k profit and 85 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of furniture, carpets and lighting equipment” and is based in Barnsley; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Barnsley, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 13 yrs · since 2013
- 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 Mar 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £14.8m | £28m | £19.2m | £20m |
| Cost of sales | £13m | £24.4m | £16m | £16.1m |
| Gross profit | £1.8m | £3.6m | £3.2m | £3.9m |
| Operating profit | £341k | −£647k | £450k | £314k |
| Profit before tax | £321k | £9.1k | £329k | £175k |
| Profit after tax | £348k | £331 | £244k | £119k |
| Profit (best available) | £348k | £331 | £244k | £119k |
| Staff costs | £706k | £2.3m | £2m | £2.6m |
| Employees (average) | 30 | 64 | 73 | 85 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.4% | 0% | 1.3% | 0.6% |
| Gross margin | 12.4% | 12.9% | 16.8% | 19.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £493k | £437k | £263k | £235k |
| Profit per employee | £11.6k | £5 | £3.3k | £1.4k |
| Cash conversion | −116.3% | — | −4.2% | 252.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲4.3% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼51.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | — | ▲16.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £181k | £620k | £49k | £115k |
| Net assets | £1m | £1.1m | £1.3m | £1.3m |
| Fixed assets | £867k | £1.5m | £1.5m | £1.5m |
| Current assets | £4.7m | £5.7m | £4.9m | £5.4m |
| Debtors | £2.8m | £3.1m | £3.2m | £3.5m |
| Deferred income | £144k | £179k | £273k | £384k |
| Cash from operations | −£397k | £1.4m | −£18.7k | £793k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 19.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £235k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 252.7%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 7.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 17.3%
- 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
- ▲1%
- Now £1.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲135%
- Now £115k
- Headcount
- ▲16%
- Now 85
- Deferred income
- ▲41%
- Now £384k
- Fixed assets
- ▲1%
- Now £1.5m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- PM Sales and Marketing LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £119k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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