Venus by Maria Tash Limited
Registered name: VENUS BY MARIA TASH LIMITED
Venus by Maria Tash Limited made £13m revenue and £370k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Venus by Maria Tash Limited’s revenue grew 8% to £13m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £370k profit and 38 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale of watches and jewellery in specialised stores” 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
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 | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £16.3m | £13m | £12m | £13m |
| Cost of sales | £4.8m | £3.6m | £3.9m | £4.1m |
| Gross profit | £11.5m | £9.3m | £8m | £8.8m |
| Operating profit | £1m | £369k | £477k | £584k |
| Profit before tax | £926k | £251k | £398k | £550k |
| Profit after tax | £745k | £140k | £273k | £370k |
| Profit (best available) | £745k | £140k | £273k | £370k |
| Staff costs | £6.3m | £5.2m | £5m | £5.5m |
| Employees (average) | 47 | 43 | 38 | 38 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4.6% | 1.1% | 2.3% | 2.9% |
| Gross margin | 70.3% | 72% | 67.3% | 68.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £347k | £302k | £315k | £341k |
| Profit per employee | £15.9k | £3.3k | £7.2k | £9.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼20.3% | ▼8% | ▲8.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼81.2% | ▲94.3% | ▲35.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼8.5% | ▼11.6% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.1m | £1.8m | £1.1m | £1.1m |
| Net assets | £7.2m | £7.3m | £7.7m | £8.1m |
| Fixed assets | £358k | £2.4m | £2.5m | £2.3m |
| Current assets | £12.7m | £13.5m | £8.9m | £8.4m |
| Debtors | £1.4m | £1.1m | £1.2m | £1.2m |
| Deferred income | £38k | £41.9k | £65.1k | £33k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 68.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £341k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £9.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 17.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 9.4%
- 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
- ▲5%
- Now £8.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼3%
- Now £1.1m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 38
- Deferred income
- ▼49%
- Now £33k
- Fixed assets
- ▼8%
- Now £2.3m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £370k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 17 Oct 2026
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