Lewden Ltd
Registered name: LEWDEN LTD
Part of Lmh S.R.L. groupLewden Ltd made £13.7m revenue and £927k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Lewden Ltd’s revenue was £13.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £927k profit and 57 employees. The company is classified under “other retail sale in non-specialised stores” and is based in Braintree; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Braintree, East of England
- Age
- 79 yrs · since 1946
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £18.1m | £13.7m | £13.7m |
| Cost of sales | −£13.4m | −£8.5m | −£8.2m |
| Gross profit | £4.6m | £5.1m | £5.6m |
| Operating profit | £555k | £1.1m | £1m |
| Profit before tax | £652k | £1.4m | £1.2m |
| Profit after tax | £431k | £1m | £927k |
| Profit (best available) | £431k | £1m | £927k |
| Employees (average) | 53 | 56 | 57 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 2.4% | 7.3% | 6.8% |
| Gross margin | 25.7% | 37.7% | 40.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £341k | £244k | £241k |
| Profit per employee | £8.1k | £17.9k | £16.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼24.3% | ▲0.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲132.7% | ▼7.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5.7% | ▲1.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 40.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £241k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £16.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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 —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 57
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Lmh S.R.L. (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Lewden Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Controlgear Direct LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £927k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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