Lowe Holdings Limited
Registered name: LOWE HOLDINGS LIMITED
Lowe Holdings Limited made £27.8m revenue and £452k profit in the year to 31 Jan 2025. read from filing text
Lowe Holdings Limited’s revenue grew 13% to £27.8m in the year to 31 Jan 2025, with £452k profit and 134 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in Oxford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Oxford, South East
- Age
- 93 yrs · since 1933
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jan 2022 | 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 | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £21.3m | £24.4m | £24.7m | £27.8m |
| Cost of sales | £17.7m | £20.7m | £20.8m | £23.5m |
| Gross profit | £3.6m | £3.6m | £3.9m | £4.3m |
| Operating profit | −£82.4k | −£81.3k | £297k | £389k |
| Profit before tax | −£124k | −£113k | £271k | £506k |
| Profit after tax | −£124k | −£113k | £273k | £452k |
| Profit (best available) | −£124k | −£113k | £273k | £452k |
| Employees (average) | 131 | 135 | 128 | 134 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −0.6% | −0.5% | 1.1% | 1.6% |
| Gross margin | 16.9% | 14.9% | 15.8% | 15.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £162k | £181k | £193k | £207k |
| Profit per employee | −£949 | −£838 | £2.1k | £3.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲14.5% | ▲1.2% | ▲12.7% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲65.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3% | ▼5.2% | ▲4.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £920k | £193k | £202k | £73.3k |
| Net assets | £2m | £2.5m | £2.5m | £1.6m |
| Fixed assets | £930k | £1.9m | £2.4m | £940k |
| Current assets | £1.3m | £872k | £416k | £1.2m |
| Debtors | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Deferred income | £44.6k | £36.1k | £40.2k | £31.6k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 15.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £207k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- 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
- ▼37%
- Now £1.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼64%
- Now £73.3k
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 134
- Deferred income
- ▼22%
- Now £31.6k
- Fixed assets
- ▼61%
- Now £940k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (3)
- Lowe and Oliver LimitedRev. £27.7m · Profit £488k
- J.brand LimitedRev. £19.9m · Profit £303k
- Fire-Pro LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jan 2025 (profit £452k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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