Onebeyond Retail Limited
Registered name: ONEBEYOND RETAIL LIMITED
Onebeyond Retail Limited made £134m revenue and £601k profit in the year to 31 Jan 2025. read from filing text
Onebeyond Retail Limited’s revenue grew 6% to £134m in the year to 31 Jan 2025, with £601k profit and 1,806 employees. The company is classified under “other retail sale in non-specialised stores” and is based in Barnsley; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Barnsley, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 8 yrs · since 2018
- 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 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £103m | £126m | £134m |
| Cost of sales | £68.5m | £80.5m | £82.6m |
| Gross profit | £35m | £45.2m | £51.1m |
| Operating profit | £1.7m | £2.3m | £1.1m |
| Profit before tax | £1.6m | £2.1m | £937k |
| Profit after tax | £1.4m | £1.5m | £601k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.4m | £1.5m | £601k |
| Staff costs | £20.2m | £27.2m | £31.6m |
| Employees (average) | 1,313 | 1,622 | 1,806 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 1.3% | 1.2% | 0.4% |
| Gross margin | 33.8% | 35.9% | 38.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £78.8k | £77.5k | £74.1k |
| Profit per employee | £1k | £917 | £333 |
| Cash conversion | — | −175.7% | −131.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲21.5% | ▲6.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲8.9% | ▼59.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲23.5% | ▲11.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1.9m | £2m | £1m |
| Net assets | £4.3m | £5.8m | £6.4m |
| Fixed assets | £3.5m | £5.5m | £5.7m |
| Current assets | £24.6m | £28.2m | £29.4m |
| Debtors | £677k | £439k | £992k |
| Deferred income | £1.7m | £3.5m | £2.2m |
| Cash from operations | — | −£4m | −£1.4m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 38.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £74.1k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £333
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −131.7%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.7%
- 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
- ▲10%
- Now £6.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼48%
- Now £1m
- Headcount
- ▲11%
- Now 1,806
- Deferred income
- ▼36%
- Now £2.2m
- Fixed assets
- ▲5%
- Now £5.7m
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 Jan 2025 (profit £601k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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