Lemon Groundwork Solutions Ltd
Registered name: LEMON GROUNDWORK SOLUTIONS LTD
Part of LGS Trustee Limited groupLemon Groundwork Solutions Ltd made £33.5m revenue and £206k profit in the year to 31 Oct 2025.
Lemon Groundwork Solutions Ltd’s revenue fell 4% to £33.5m in the year to 31 Oct 2025, with £206k profit and 104 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures” and is based in Wickford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Wickford, East of England
- Age
- 48 yrs · since 1978
- 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's ultimate parent undertaking at the balance sheet date was LGS Holdings Limited, a company incorporated in England. The company's registered address is the same as Lemon Groundwork Soluti”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Oct 2022 | 31 Oct 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 | 31 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £48.4m | £40m | £34.8m | £33.5m |
| Cost of sales | £38.7m | £34.3m | £30.6m | £29.8m |
| Gross profit | £9.7m | £5.7m | £4.3m | £3.7m |
| Operating profit | £6.1m | £1.8m | £599k | £370k |
| Profit before tax | £6.1m | £1.8m | £533k | £276k |
| Profit after tax | £5m | £1.2m | £370k | £206k |
| Profit (best available) | £5m | £1.2m | £370k | £206k |
| Staff costs | £4.6m | £5.1m | £4.8m | £4.5m |
| Employees (average) | 102 | 103 | 102 | 104 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 10.2% | 3.1% | 1.1% | 0.6% |
| Gross margin | 20% | 14.3% | 12.2% | 11.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £474k | £388k | £342k | £322k |
| Profit per employee | £48.6k | £11.9k | £3.6k | £2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼17.3% | ▼12.9% | ▼3.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼75.2% | ▼69.9% | ▼44.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1% | ▼1% | ▲2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £7.3m | £3m | £2.2m | £3.9m |
| Net assets | £8.4m | £4.9m | £5.2m | £5.3m |
| Fixed assets | £2.8m | £2.9m | £4.4m | £3.7m |
| Current assets | £22.2m | £12.9m | £12.5m | £13.2m |
| Debtors | £8.2m | £4.7m | £5.2m | £4.7m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 11.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £322k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 11.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.1%
- 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 £5.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲81%
- Now £3.9m
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 104
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼15%
- Now £3.7m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- LGS Trustee Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- LGS Holdings Limited75–100%
- CP (WBL) Limited75–100%
- Lemon Groundwork Solutions Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Oct 2025 (profit £206k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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