The Isbister Group Trading Limited
Registered name: THE ISBISTER GROUP TRADING LIMITED
Part of The Isbister Group Holdings Limited groupThe Isbister Group Trading Limited made £737k revenue and £36.3k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025. read from filing text
The Isbister Group Trading Limited’s revenue grew 86% to £737k in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £36.3k profit and 3 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale via mail order houses or via internet” and is based in Southampton; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Southampton, South East
- Age
- 6 yrs · since 2020
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £397k | £737k |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £281k | £448k |
| Gross profit | — | — | £116k | £290k |
| Operating profit | — | — | £51k | £74.4k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £51k | £47k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £40.9k | £36.3k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £40.9k | £36.3k |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 10.3% | 4.9% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 29.2% | 39.3% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | — | £246k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | — | £12.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲85.6% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼11.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £15.8k | £76.9k | £4.9k | £21.1k |
| Net assets | −£41.5k | £20.4k | £49.3k | £31.6k |
| Fixed assets | £1.6k | £2.6k | £1.7k | £1.4k |
| Current assets | £16.8k | £76.9k | £139k | £273k |
| Debtors | £1k | £0 | £0 | £500 |
| Deferred income | — | — | £1k | £2.4k |
| Source | FilletedAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FilletedAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FilletedAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 39.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £246k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £12.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- 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
- 0.1%
- 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
- ▼36%
- Now £31.6k
- Cash at bank
- ▲333%
- Now £21.1k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 3
- Deferred income
- ▲130%
- Now £2.4k
- Fixed assets
- ▼14%
- Now £1.4k
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
- The Isbister Group Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- The Isbister Group Trading Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- The Isbister Group Property LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit £36.3k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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