Nowell Limited
Registered name: NOWELL LIMITED
Nowell Limited made £32.8m revenue and £1.2m profit in the year to 31 Jan 2025.
Nowell Limited’s revenue fell 2% to £32.8m in the year to 31 Jan 2025, with £1.2m profit and 72 employees. The company is classified under “other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets” and is based in Leeds; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Leeds
- Age
- 11 yrs · since 2014
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jan 2023 | 30 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £35.7m | £33.4m | £33.4m | £32.8m |
| Cost of sales | −£32.6m | −£30.1m | −£30.1m | −£29.7m |
| Gross profit | £3.1m | £3.3m | £3.3m | £3.1m |
| Operating profit | £1.9m | £1.9m | £1.9m | £1.6m |
| Profit before tax | £1.9m | £1.9m | £1.9m | £1.7m |
| Profit after tax | £1.6m | £1.4m | £1.4m | £1.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.6m | £1.4m | £1.4m | £1.2m |
| Employees (average) | 76 | 74 | 75 | 72 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4.4% | 4.3% | 4.2% | 3.8% |
| Gross margin | 8.7% | 9.9% | 9.9% | 9.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £470k | £451k | £445k | £456k |
| Profit per employee | £20.7k | £19.3k | £18.5k | £17.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼6.4% | — | ▼1.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼9.3% | — | ▼11.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2.6% | — | ▼4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | — | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 9.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £456k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £17.1k
- 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
- ▼4%
- Now 72
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Nowell Forecourts LimitedRev. £32.8m · Profit £1.3m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Jan 2025 (profit £1.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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