The Sleep People Limited
Registered name: THE SLEEP PEOPLE LIMITED
Part of The Sleep People (Holdings) Limited groupThe Sleep People Limited made £15.3m revenue and £136k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
The Sleep People Limited’s revenue fell 2% to £15.3m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £136k profit and 101 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of mattresses” and is based in Ossett; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ossett, Yorkshire and The Humber
- 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: “The Company is controlled by The Sleep People (Holdings) Limited. The smallest and largest group of undertakings for which group accounts are drawn up and of which the company is a member is The Sleep”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Nov 2021 | 30 Nov 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No profit & loss | No profit & loss | No profit & loss | Profit & loss | Profit & loss |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | £15.6m | £15.3m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | — | £10.6m | £10.7m |
| Gross profit | — | — | — | £5m | £4.6m |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £1.2m | £282k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £1.2m | £265k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | — | £864k | £136k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | — | £864k | £136k |
| Staff costs | — | — | — | £2.7m | £3m |
| Employees (average) | 19 | 19 | 19 | 91 | 101 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | 5.5% | 0.9% |
| Gross margin | — | — | — | 32.2% | 30.3% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | — | £171k | £152k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | — | £9.5k | £1.3k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | — | 70.9% | 508.2% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | — | ▼1.9% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | — | ▼84.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | — | — | ▲11% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £71.7k | £360k | £153k | £281k | £232k |
| Net assets | £3.1m | £3.3m | £3.9m | £4.1m | £3.3m |
| Fixed assets | £2.9m | £2.9m | £2.8m | £2.7m | £2.6m |
| Current assets | £3.2m | £3.1m | £3m | £3.7m | £2.8m |
| Debtors | £434k | £313k | £635k | £1.2m | £891k |
| Deferred income | — | — | — | £165k | £139k |
| Cash from operations | — | — | — | £836k | £1.4m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 30.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £152k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 508.2%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 17.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 5.8%
- 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
- ▼21%
- Now £3.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼18%
- Now £232k
- Headcount
- ▲11%
- Now 101
- Deferred income
- ▼15%
- Now £139k
- Fixed assets
- ▼4%
- Now £2.6m
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
- The Sleep People (Holdings) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- The Sleep People 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 Mar 2025 (profit £136k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.