A & B Fashion Trading Ltd
Registered name: A & B FASHION TRADING LTD
A & B Fashion Trading Ltd made £575k revenue and £30.1k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
A & B Fashion Trading Ltd’s revenue fell 10% to £575k in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £30.1k profit and 5 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of clothing and footwear” and is based in Manchester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Manchester, North West
- Age
- 5 yrs · since 2021
- 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 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £637k | £575k |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £362k | £339k |
| Gross profit | — | — | £276k | £236k |
| Operating profit | — | — | £63.5k | £35.4k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £63.5k | £35.1k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £50.7k | £30.1k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £50.7k | £30.1k |
| Employees (average) | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 8% | 5.2% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 43.2% | 41% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £91.1k | £115k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £7.2k | £6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▼9.8% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼40.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲133.3% | ▼28.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £16.6k | £98.3k | £157k | £95.4k |
| Net assets | −£6.8k | £68.2k | £119k | £149k |
| Fixed assets | — | — | £5.8k | £7.8k |
| Current assets | £16.7k | £107k | £202k | £194k |
| Debtors | £120 | £8.4k | £3.2k | £194 |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 41%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £115k
- 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
- 1.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- ▲25%
- Now £149k
- Cash at bank
- ▼39%
- Now £95.4k
- Headcount
- ▼29%
- Now 5
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲33%
- Now £7.8k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £30.1k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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