Purplehorse Design Ltd
Registered name: PURPLEHORSE DESIGN LTD
Purplehorse Design Ltd made £595k revenue and £14.5k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Purplehorse Design Ltd’s revenue grew 100% to £595k in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £14.5k profit and 6 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale of fruit and vegetables in specialised stores” and is based in Taunton; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Taunton, South West
- Age
- 5 yrs · since 2020
- 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 | 30 Nov 2021 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £298k | £595k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £9.6k | £14.5k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £9.6k | £14.5k |
| Staff costs | — | — | £31.5k | £81.9k |
| Employees (average) | — | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 3.2% | 2.4% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £74.5k | £99.1k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £2.4k | £2.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲99.6% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲51.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | — | ▲50% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | −£11k | −£15.6k | −£7.6k | −£14.6k |
| Fixed assets | — | £17.1k | £22.8k | £21k |
| Current assets | — | £7.6k | £52.9k | £47.6k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £99.1k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.5%
- 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
- —
- Now −£14.6k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲50%
- Now 6
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼8%
- Now £21k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £14.5k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 14 Oct 2026
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