Rule Number 10 Limited
Registered name: RULE NUMBER 10 LIMITED
Rule Number 10 Limited made £17.7m revenue and £292k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Rule Number 10 Limited’s revenue grew 6% to £17.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £292k profit and 49 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of other machinery and equipment” and is based in Dunstable; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Dunstable, East of England
- Age
- 9 yrs · since 2017
- 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 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 |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £13.6m | £16.8m | £17.7m |
| Cost of sales | £10.2m | £12.3m | £13.4m |
| Gross profit | £3.4m | £4.5m | £4.3m |
| Operating profit | £579k | £499k | £442k |
| Profit before tax | £466k | £404k | £432k |
| Profit after tax | £350k | £158k | £292k |
| Profit (best available) | £350k | £158k | £292k |
| Employees (average) | 46 | 48 | 49 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 2.6% | 0.9% | 1.6% |
| Gross margin | 25.1% | 26.9% | 24.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £297k | £350k | £362k |
| Profit per employee | £7.6k | £3.3k | £6k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲23.1% | ▲5.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼54.8% | ▲84.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.3% | ▲2.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £200 | £200 | £200 |
| Net assets | £3.3m | £3.3m | £3.3m |
| Fixed assets | £3.3m | £3.3m | £3.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 24.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £362k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 18.4%
- 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
- 0%
- Now £3.3m
- Cash at bank
- 0%
- Now £200
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 49
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- 0%
- Now £3.3m
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Chicken Cyclekit LimitedRev. £17.7m · Profit £292k
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 £292k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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