Furniture@work Limited
Registered name: FURNITURE@WORK LIMITED
Furniture@work Limited made £22.6m revenue and £416k profit in the year to 31 Oct 2025.
Furniture@work Limited’s revenue fell 12% to £22.6m in the year to 31 Oct 2025, with £416k profit and 25 employees. The company is classified under “retail of furniture, lighting, and similar (not musical instruments or scores) in specialised store” and is based in Glasgow; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Glasgow, Scotland
- Age
- 25 yrs · since 2001
- 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 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 | 31 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £25.4m | £24.7m | £25.8m | £22.6m |
| Cost of sales | £18m | £17.4m | £18.2m | £16.1m |
| Gross profit | £7.4m | £7.3m | £7.6m | £6.5m |
| Operating profit | £833k | £788k | £764k | £358k |
| Profit before tax | £868k | £1m | £1m | £554k |
| Profit after tax | £703k | £794k | £774k | £416k |
| Profit (best available) | £703k | £794k | £774k | £416k |
| Staff costs | £1.3m | £1.3m | £1.5m | £1.3m |
| Employees (average) | 28 | 28 | 25 | 25 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.8% | 3.2% | 3% | 1.8% |
| Gross margin | 29.2% | 29.4% | 29.4% | 28.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £907k | £881k | £1m | £904k |
| Profit per employee | £25.1k | £28.4k | £30.9k | £16.6k |
| Cash conversion | 53% | −168% | −46.9% | −37.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼2.8% | ▲4.4% | ▼12.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲12.9% | ▼2.6% | ▼46.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼10.7% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £6.5m | £7.1m | £6.8m | £6.1m |
| Net assets | £1.7m | £1.8m | £1.8m | £1.5m |
| Fixed assets | £171k | £185k | £127k | £110k |
| Current assets | £9.3m | £9m | £9.2m | £7.8m |
| Debtors | £2.7m | £1.8m | £2.2m | £1.6m |
| Deferred income | £418k | £419k | £422k | £341k |
| Cash from operations | £442k | −£1.3m | −£358k | −£134k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 28.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £904k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £16.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −37.5%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 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
- ▼16%
- Now £1.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼10%
- Now £6.1m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 25
- Deferred income
- ▼19%
- Now £341k
- Fixed assets
- ▼13%
- Now £110k
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 Oct 2025 (profit £416k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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