Lea Redway Limited
Registered name: LEA REDWAY LIMITED
Lea Redway Limited made £55.2m revenue and £691k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Lea Redway Limited’s revenue fell 7% to £55.2m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £691k profit and 550 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in Christchurch; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Christchurch, South West
- Age
- 83 yrs · since 1943
- 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 | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £58.7m | £58.5m | £59.5m | £55.2m |
| Cost of sales | £43m | £43.2m | £44.9m | £43.8m |
| Gross profit | £15.6m | £15.3m | £14.6m | £11.4m |
| Operating profit | £5.8m | £4.3m | £2.2m | −£250k |
| Profit before tax | £5.4m | £4.6m | £2.7m | £334k |
| Profit after tax | £1.3m | −£232k | £278k | £691k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.3m | −£232k | £278k | £691k |
| Staff costs | £15.7m | £16.1m | £15.9m | £14.3m |
| Employees (average) | 595 | 593 | 587 | 550 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.2% | −0.4% | 0.5% | 1.3% |
| Gross margin | 26.7% | 26.2% | 24.6% | 20.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £98.6k | £98.7k | £101k | £100k |
| Profit per employee | £2.2k | −£392 | £474 | £1.3k |
| Cash conversion | 3.2% | 168.3% | 247.6% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼0.3% | ▲1.6% | ▼7.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼117.8% | — | ▲148.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼0.3% | ▼1% | ▼6.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.3m | £596k | £341k | £888k |
| Net assets | £10.8m | £10.5m | £10.6m | £11.4m |
| Fixed assets | £9.1m | £8.9m | £9m | £8.8m |
| Current assets | £4.7m | £4.2m | £4.5m | £5.4m |
| Debtors | £241k | £260k | £335k | £334k |
| Deferred income | £630k | £634k | £620k | £620k |
| Cash from operations | £183k | £7.3m | £5.3m | £3.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 20.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £100k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 16%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.6%
- 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
- ▲8%
- Now £11.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲160%
- Now £888k
- Headcount
- ▼6%
- Now 550
- Deferred income
- 0%
- Now £620k
- Fixed assets
- ▼2%
- Now £8.8m
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)
- Albright International LimitedRev. £35.4m · Profit £683k
- Albright (Engineers) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Lea Forestry LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £691k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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