Rough Trade Retail Holdings Limited
Registered name: ROUGH TRADE RETAIL HOLDINGS LIMITED
Rough Trade Retail Holdings Limited made £26m revenue and £80.3k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Rough Trade Retail Holdings Limited’s revenue grew 21% to £26m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £80.3k profit and 122 employees. The company is classified under “activities of distribution holding companies” and is based in Nottingham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Nottingham, East Midlands
- Age
- 8 yrs · since 2018
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £13.8m | £19.3m | £21.4m | £26m |
| Cost of sales | £9.4m | £12.7m | £13.8m | £17.8m |
| Gross profit | £4.4m | £6.6m | £7.7m | £8.2m |
| Operating profit | £397k | £922k | £956k | −£291k |
| Profit before tax | £216k | £865k | £2.2m | −£301k |
| Profit after tax | £118k | £129k | £39.5k | £80.3k |
| Profit (best available) | £118k | £129k | £39.5k | £80.3k |
| Staff costs | £2.2m | £3m | £3.6m | £4.5m |
| Employees (average) | 84 | 89 | 96 | 122 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.9% | 0.7% | 0.2% | 0.3% |
| Gross margin | 32.1% | 34.2% | 35.8% | 31.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £165k | £217k | £223k | £213k |
| Profit per employee | £1.4k | £1.4k | £412 | £658 |
| Cash conversion | 310.6% | 37.9% | 94.5% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲39.5% | ▲11% | ▲21.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲8.9% | ▼69.3% | ▲103.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5.9% | ▲7.9% | ▲27.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £44.5k | £34.2k | £1.1k | £47.8k |
| Net assets | £119k | £248k | −£40.9k | £15.1k |
| Fixed assets | £139k | £373k | £798k | £700k |
| Current assets | £139k | £327k | £3.1k | £290k |
| Debtors | £94.1k | £293k | £2k | £242k |
| Cash from operations | £1.2m | £349k | £904k | £1.5m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 31.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £213k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £658
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.9%
- 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 £15.1k
- Cash at bank
- ▲4279%
- Now £47.8k
- Headcount
- ▲27%
- Now 122
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼12%
- Now £700k
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Rough Trade Retail (UK) LimitedRev. £19.4m · Profit £128k
Minority corporate shareholders
- XL Recordings Limited 25–50%
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £80.3k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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