Axel Arigato London Limited
Registered name: AXEL ARIGATO LONDON LIMITED
Part of Axel Arigato Ab groupAxel Arigato London Limited made £18.8m revenue and £1.1m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Axel Arigato London Limited’s revenue fell 3% to £18.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.1m profit and 62 employees. The company is classified under “agents involved in the sale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 10 yrs · since 2016
- 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 parent company of Axel Arigato London Limited is Axel Arigato Ab and its registered office is 5-6, Skeppsbron, Gothenburg, Sweden, 41121.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £20.2m | £19.5m | £18.8m |
| Cost of sales | — | £17.4m | £16.2m | £13.6m |
| Gross profit | — | £2.9m | £3.2m | £5.2m |
| Operating profit | — | £934k | £970k | £1.4m |
| Profit before tax | — | £832k | £884k | £1.4m |
| Profit after tax | — | £655k | £679k | £1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | — | £655k | £679k | £1.1m |
| Staff costs | — | £3.4m | £3.8m | £3.8m |
| Employees (average) | 40 | 68 | 65 | 62 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 3.2% | 3.5% | 5.6% |
| Gross margin | — | 14.2% | 16.5% | 27.8% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £297k | £299k | £303k |
| Profit per employee | — | £9.6k | £10.4k | £17.1k |
| Cash conversion | — | 142% | −131.8% | −16.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼3.8% | ▼3.4% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲3.6% | ▲55.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲70% | ▼4.4% | ▼4.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.5m | £53.3k | £50.7k | £33.3k |
| Net assets | £503k | £1.2m | £1.8m | £2.9m |
| Fixed assets | £860k | £826k | £1.7m | £1.4m |
| Current assets | £4.9m | £4.1m | £2.6m | £3.8m |
| Debtors | £1.7m | £1.3m | £1m | £608k |
| Deferred income | £534k | £1.1m | £926k | £1m |
| Cash from operations | — | £1.3m | −£1.3m | −£229k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 27.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £303k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £17.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −16.5%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 7.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 5.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3.2%
- 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
- ▲58%
- Now £2.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▼34%
- Now £33.3k
- Headcount
- ▼5%
- Now 62
- Deferred income
- ▲12%
- Now £1m
- Fixed assets
- ▼14%
- Now £1.4m
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
- Axel Arigato Ab (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Axel Arigato London 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 Dec 2025 (profit £1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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