E.g. Lewis & Company Limited
Registered name: E.G. LEWIS & COMPANY LIMITED
Part of E G Lewis Group Industrial Services Ltd groupE.g. Lewis & Company Limited made £7.2m revenue and £194k profit in the year to 31 Jan 2025.
E.g. Lewis & Company Limited’s revenue fell 32% to £7.2m in the year to 31 Jan 2025, with £194k profit and 18 employees. The company is classified under “painting” and is based in Neath; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Neath, Wales
- Age
- 52 yrs · since 1974
- 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 Jan 2022 | 31 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £12.5m | £10.5m | £7.2m |
| Cost of sales | — | £11.4m | £9.4m | £6.5m |
| Gross profit | — | £1.1m | £1.1m | £701k |
| Operating profit | — | £597k | £497k | £316k |
| Profit before tax | — | £598k | £501k | £318k |
| Profit after tax | — | £458k | £361k | £194k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £458k | £361k | £194k |
| Staff costs | — | £1.2m | £1.3m | £1.1m |
| Employees (average) | 29 | 21 | 20 | 18 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 3.7% | 3.4% | 2.7% |
| Gross margin | — | 8.7% | 10.6% | 9.8% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £595k | £527k | £398k |
| Profit per employee | — | £21.8k | £18.1k | £10.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼15.7% | ▼32.1% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼21% | ▼46.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼27.6% | ▼4.8% | ▼10% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £177k | £221k | £235k | £249k |
| Net assets | £1m | £1m | £1m | £1m |
| Fixed assets | £3.8k | £3.8k | £2.5k | £57.9k |
| Current assets | £7m | £7.9m | £7.2m | £5.5m |
| Debtors | £2.1m | £2.7m | £2.2m | £722k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 9.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £398k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £10.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10.1%
- 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
- ▼1%
- Now £1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲6%
- Now £249k
- Headcount
- ▼10%
- Now 18
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲2199%
- Now £57.9k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- E G Lewis Group Industrial Services Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- E. G. Lewis Holdings Limited75–100%
- E.g. Lewis & Company Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Skelton-Thomas Engineering LimitedRev. £13.4m · Profit £349k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jan 2025 (profit £194k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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