Lalique Limited
Registered name: LALIQUE LIMITED
Lalique Limited made £5.1m revenue and a £220k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2023.
Lalique Limited’s revenue grew 21% to £5.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2023, with a loss of £220k and 28 employees. The company is classified under “non-specialised wholesale trade” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 88 yrs · since 1938
- 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. From the filing: “Lalique SA”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £2.8m | £4.2m | £5.1m |
| Cost of sales | £1.3m | £1.7m | £2.1m |
| Gross profit | £1.5m | £2.5m | £2.9m |
| Operating profit | £34.2k | −£159k | −£220k |
| Profit after tax | £34.2k | −£159k | −£220k |
| Profit (best available) | £34.2k | −£159k | −£220k |
| Employees (average) | 17 | 23 | 28 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 1.2% | −3.8% | −4.3% |
| Gross margin | 52.9% | 60.1% | 57.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £165k | £182k | £181k |
| Profit per employee | £2k | −£6.9k | −£7.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲49.1% | ▲20.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼564.1% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲35.3% | ▲21.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1.3m | £586k | £1m |
| Net assets | −£1.3m | −£1.4m | −£1.7m |
| Fixed assets | £169k | £107k | £96k |
| Current assets | £3.2m | £3m | £4m |
| Debtors | £17.3k | £1.4k | £65.2k |
| Deferred income | £892k | £503k | £367k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −4.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 57.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £181k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£7.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 7.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.3%
- 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 −£1.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲75%
- Now £1m
- Headcount
- ▲22%
- Now 28
- Deferred income
- ▼27%
- Now £367k
- Fixed assets
- ▼10%
- Now £96k
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 accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2023 (profit −£220k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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