Online Home Shop Limited
Registered name: ONLINE HOME SHOP LIMITED
Part of Ohs Holdings Limited groupOnline Home Shop Limited made £59.5m revenue and £3.7m profit in the year to 31 Jan 2025.
Online Home Shop Limited’s revenue grew 25% to £59.5m in the year to 31 Jan 2025, with £3.7m profit and 181 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale via mail order houses or via internet” and is based in Worsley; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Worsley, North West
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2014
- 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. From the filing: “At the balance sheet date, the company's parent entity was OHS Holdings Limited, a company registered in England and Wales. Copies of the consolidated financial statements for OHS Holdings Limited can”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £34.3m | £47.8m | £59.5m |
| Cost of sales | £25.4m | £36.6m | £46.2m |
| Gross profit | £9m | £11.2m | £13.3m |
| Operating profit | £5.5m | £4.2m | £5m |
| Profit before tax | £5.5m | £4.2m | £5m |
| Profit after tax | £4.4m | £3.2m | £3.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £4.4m | £3.2m | £3.7m |
| Staff costs | £3.1m | £8m | £8.5m |
| Employees (average) | 77 | 148 | 181 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 12.7% | 6.8% | 6.2% |
| Gross margin | 26.1% | 23.4% | 22.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £446k | £323k | £329k |
| Profit per employee | £56.7k | £21.8k | £20.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲39.2% | ▲24.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼26.1% | ▲14% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲92.2% | ▲22.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £4.9m | £3.5m | £5.6m |
| Net assets | £8.1m | £8.9m | £9.6m |
| Fixed assets | £170k | £348k | £437k |
| Current assets | £18.1m | £15.9m | £20.8m |
| Debtors | £4.6m | £2.3m | £1.5m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 22.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £329k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £20.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.5%
- 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
- ▲7%
- Now £9.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲60%
- Now £5.6m
- Headcount
- ▲22%
- Now 181
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲26%
- Now £437k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Ohs Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Online Home Shop Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Pin Mill 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 31 Jan 2025 (profit £3.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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