Lee Longland & Co. Limited
Registered name: LEE LONGLAND & CO. LIMITED
Part of Financial Holdings (Midlands) Limited groupLee Longland & Co. Limited made £15.2m revenue and £109k profit in the year to 31 May 2024.
Lee Longland & Co. Limited’s revenue fell 8% to £15.2m in the year to 31 May 2024, with £109k profit and 90 employees. The company is classified under “retail of furniture, lighting, and similar (not musical instruments or scores) in specialised store” and is based in Birmingham; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Birmingham, West Midlands
- Age
- 59 yrs · since 1967
- 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 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £16.6m | £15.2m |
| Cost of sales | £9.9m | £8.5m |
| Gross profit | £6.7m | £6.7m |
| Profit before tax | £292k | £136k |
| Profit after tax | £263k | £109k |
| Profit (best available) | £263k | £109k |
| Staff costs | £3.2m | £3.2m |
| Employees (average) | 91 | 90 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 1.6% | 0.7% |
| Gross margin | 40.2% | 44% |
| Revenue per employee | £182k | £169k |
| Profit per employee | £2.9k | £1.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼8.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼58.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼1.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £2.3m | £1.1m |
| Net assets | £785k | £893k |
| Fixed assets | £368k | £1m |
| Current assets | £9.9m | £9.3m |
| Debtors | £17.1k | £9.4k |
| Deferred income | £1m | £920k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 44%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £169k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 6.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- 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
- ▲14%
- Now £893k
- Cash at bank
- ▼53%
- Now £1.1m
- Headcount
- ▼1%
- Now 90
- Deferred income
- ▼10%
- Now £920k
- Fixed assets
- ▲185%
- Now £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
- Financial Holdings (Midlands) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Lee Longland & Co. Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- FB Sheff LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Lee Longland Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Lee Longlands Kidderminster 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 May 2024 (profit £109k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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