Lodge Service UK Limited
Registered name: LODGE SERVICE UK LIMITED
Part of Lodge Service International Limited groupLodge Service UK Limited made £258k revenue and a £206k loss in the year to 31 Jul 2025.
Lodge Service UK Limited’s revenue grew 4% to £258k in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with a loss of £206k and 74 employees. The company is classified under “investigation activities” and is based in Cirencester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cirencester, South West
- Age
- 72 yrs · since 1954
- 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: “S Lodge Esq”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jul 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £282k | £270k | £248k | £258k |
| Cost of sales | £90k | £34.5k | £16.6k | £11.3k |
| Gross profit | £192k | £236k | £231k | £246k |
| Operating profit | −£34.6k | −£75.3k | −£16.5k | −£224k |
| Profit before tax | −£37.4k | −£74.4k | −£14.6k | −£211k |
| Profit after tax | −£21.8k | −£72.4k | −£22.2k | −£206k |
| Profit (best available) | −£21.8k | −£72.4k | −£22.2k | −£206k |
| Staff costs | £182k | £191k | £190k | £200k |
| Employees (average) | 49 | 53 | 50 | 74 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −7.7% | −26.8% | −9% | −80.1% |
| Gross margin | 68.1% | 87.2% | 93.3% | 95.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £5.8k | £5.1k | £5k | £3.5k |
| Profit per employee | −£445 | −£1.4k | −£445 | −£2.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼4.3% | ▼8.4% | ▲4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲8.2% | ▼5.7% | ▲48% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £300 | £1.2k | £1.7k | £246k |
| Net assets | £427k | £354k | £332k | £126k |
| Fixed assets | £377k | £356k | £396k | £393k |
| Current assets | £1.8m | £1.8m | £2.2m | £1.6m |
| Debtors | £69k | £73.9k | £40.4k | £82.1k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −80.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 95.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £3.5k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£2.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 152.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 31.9%
- 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
- ▼62%
- Now £126k
- Cash at bank
- ▲14141%
- Now £246k
- Headcount
- ▲48%
- Now 74
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £393k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Lodge Service International Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Lodge Service UK Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Lodge Security LimitedRev. £46.2m · Profit £1.2m
Sister companies (11)
- Brooknight Security LimitedRev. £7.6m · Profit −£681k
- Lodge Service Technical LimitedRev. £1.6m · Profit £168k
- Lodge Service Intelligence LimitedRev. £583k · Profit £101k
- Employers Mutual Protection Services LimitedRev. £175k · Profit £12.5k
- Eclipse Recruitment LimitedRev. £0 · Profit −£560
- Lodg.ic LtdRev. £0 · Profit −£120
- LH Service Management LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Lodge Service (Eastern) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Lodge Service (Western) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- LS Service Management LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Optimum CCTV 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 Jul 2025 (profit −£206k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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