Helium Sofa Group Limited
Registered name: HELIUM SOFA GROUP LIMITED
Part of Dunham Massey Investment Group NO9 Ltd groupHelium Sofa Group Limited made £49.3m revenue and £1.8m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Helium Sofa Group Limited’s revenue grew 18% to £49.3m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £1.8m profit and 451 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other furniture” and is based in Nelson; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Nelson, North West
- Age
- 13 yrs · since 2013
- 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 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £51.5m | £41.8m | £49.3m |
| Cost of sales | −£38.3m | −£30.5m | −£35.6m |
| Gross profit | £13.3m | £11.3m | £13.7m |
| Operating profit | £1.8m | £1.2m | £2.6m |
| Profit before tax | £1.4m | £993k | £2.5m |
| Profit after tax | £908k | £743k | £1.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £908k | £743k | £1.8m |
| Employees (average) | 550 | 501 | 451 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 1.8% | 1.8% | 3.8% |
| Gross margin | 25.7% | 27.1% | 27.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £93.7k | £83.4k | £109k |
| Profit per employee | £1.7k | £1.5k | £4.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼18.9% | ▲17.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼18.2% | ▲148.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼8.9% | ▼10% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 27.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £109k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.1k
- 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
- ▼10%
- Now 451
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Dunham Massey Investment Group NO9 Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Helium Sofa Group Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Buoyant Holdings LimitedFigures 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 30 Sep 2025 (profit £1.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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