Lander Automotive Ltd.
Registered name: LANDER AUTOMOTIVE LTD.
Part of Ensco 1359 Limited groupLander Automotive Ltd. made £16.7m revenue and £430k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Lander Automotive Ltd.’s revenue fell 14% to £16.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £430k profit and 171 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other fabricated metal products” and is based in Birmingham; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Birmingham, West Midlands
- Age
- 74 yrs · since 1951
- 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: “The Company is a subsidiary of Lander Holdings Limited which is its immediate parent company and is incorporated in England and Wales. The ultimate parent undertaking is Ensco 1359 Limited, a company ”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £18.2m | £19.4m | £16.7m |
| Cost of sales | £15m | £15.3m | £14.1m |
| Gross profit | £3.2m | £4.1m | £2.6m |
| Operating profit | −£1.6m | −£179k | £792k |
| Profit before tax | −£2m | −£783k | £459k |
| Profit after tax | −£1.6m | −£560k | £430k |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.6m | −£560k | £430k |
| Staff costs | £5.2m | £4.7m | £5m |
| Employees (average) | 180 | 176 | 171 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −8.9% | −2.9% | 2.6% |
| Gross margin | 17.4% | 21.2% | 15.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £101k | £110k | £97.5k |
| Profit per employee | −£9k | −£3.2k | £2.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲6.9% | ▼14.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2.2% | ▼2.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1m | £856k | £685k |
| Net assets | £2.7m | £2.1m | £2.6m |
| Fixed assets | £4.9m | £4.4m | £3.1m |
| Current assets | £16.5m | £13.8m | £13.7m |
| Debtors | £1.4m | £1.6m | £1.1m |
| Deferred income | £612k | £245k | £125k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 15.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £97.5k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 18.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 6.3%
- 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
- ▲20%
- Now £2.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼20%
- Now £685k
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 171
- Deferred income
- ▼49%
- Now £125k
- Fixed assets
- ▼28%
- Now £3.1m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Ensco 1359 Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Lander Holdings Limited75–100%
- Lander Automotive Ltd.this company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Lander Aerospace LtdRev. £14m · Profit £280k
- Lander Intech LimitedRev. £8.5m · Profit £537k
- Shalibane Engineering LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £430k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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