Lubrizol Limited
Registered name: LUBRIZOL LIMITED
Part of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. groupLubrizol Limited made £214k revenue and £44k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Lubrizol Limited’s revenue grew 8% to £214k in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £44k profit and 448 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other chemical products” and is based in Derby; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Derby, East Midlands
- Age
- 63 yrs · since 1963
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £198k | £214k |
| Cost of sales | £83.2k | £79.4k |
| Gross profit | £115k | £135k |
| Operating profit | £32.3k | £54.7k |
| Profit before tax | £33.5k | £56.3k |
| Profit after tax | £25.8k | £44k |
| Profit (best available) | £25.8k | £44k |
| Employees (average) | 450 | 448 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 13.1% | 20.6% |
| Gross margin | 57.9% | 62.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £439 | £478 |
| Profit per employee | £57 | £98 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲8.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲70.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼0.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | £91.7k | £114k |
| Fixed assets | £47.7k | £43.6k |
| Current assets | £72.8k | £108k |
| Debtors | £13.9k | £14.8k |
| Deferred income | £4.2k | £5.1k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 20.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 62.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £478
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £98
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 20.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 6.9%
- 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
- ▲24%
- Now £114k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼0%
- Now 448
- Deferred income
- ▲21%
- Now £5.1k
- Fixed assets
- ▼9%
- Now £43.6k
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
- Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Lubrizol Management UK Limited75–100%
- Lubrizol Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Lubrizol Adibis Holdings (UK) LimitedRev. — · Profit £79k
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 £44k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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