Murad Europe Limited
Registered name: MURAD EUROPE LIMITED
Part of Unilever PLC groupMurad Europe Limited made £26.2m revenue and £545k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Murad Europe Limited’s revenue grew 24% to £26.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £545k profit and 104 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale of cosmetic and toilet articles in specialised stores” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London
- Age
- 11 yrs · since 2015
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £20.2m | £21.1m | £26.2m |
| Cost of sales | −£8.2m | −£8.8m | −£9.5m |
| Gross profit | £11.9m | £12.2m | £16.7m |
| Operating profit | £790k | £539k | £796k |
| Profit before tax | £699k | £315k | £711k |
| Profit after tax | £569k | £240k | £545k |
| Profit (best available) | £569k | £240k | £545k |
| Employees (average) | 86 | 83 | 104 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 2.8% | 1.1% | 2.1% |
| Gross margin | 59.2% | 58% | 63.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £234k | £254k | £252k |
| Profit per employee | £6.6k | £2.9k | £5.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲4.5% | ▲24.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼57.8% | ▲127.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼3.5% | ▲25.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 63.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £252k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.2k
- 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
- ▲25%
- Now 104
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Unilever PLCultimate parent75–100%
- Unilever U.K. Holdings Limited75–100%
- Murad Europe Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (19)
- Accantia Group HoldingsFigures not disclosed
- Aquis Haircare UK LtdLiquidationFigures not disclosed
- ND4A LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ren LtdLiquidationFigures not disclosed
- Twenty Nine Capital Partners (General Partner) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Uml LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Unilever Employee Benefit Trustees LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Unilever Fragrance LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Unilever Pension Trust LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Unilever S.K. Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Unilever Superannuation Trustees LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Unilever U.K. Central Resources LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Unilever UK & CN Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Unilever UK Pension Fund Trustees LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Unilever Ventures (SLP) General Partner LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Unilever Ventures General Partner LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Unilever Ventures LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Usf Nominees LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Wild Cosmetics LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £545k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 22 Oct 2026
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