G.M. Luff & Partners Limited
Registered name: G.M. LUFF & PARTNERS LIMITED
Part of Wilcox & Co.(Limousines)limited groupG.M. Luff & Partners Limited made £5.4m revenue and £163k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
G.M. Luff & Partners Limited’s revenue fell 3% to £5.4m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £163k profit and 75 employees. The company is classified under “funeral and related activities” and is based in Alton; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Alton, South East
- Age
- 40 yrs · since 1986
- 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 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £5.7m | £5.5m | £5.4m |
| Cost of sales | £465k | £457k | £452k |
| Gross profit | £5.2m | £5.1m | £4.9m |
| Operating profit | £843k | £413k | £263k |
| Profit before tax | £843k | £463k | £303k |
| Profit after tax | £625k | £285k | £163k |
| Profit (best available) | £625k | £285k | £163k |
| Staff costs | £2.8m | £2.9m | £3m |
| Employees (average) | 67 | 76 | 75 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 11.1% | 5.2% | 3% |
| Gross margin | 91.8% | 91.7% | 91.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £84.4k | £72.7k | £71.6k |
| Profit per employee | £9.3k | £3.8k | £2.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼2.4% | ▼2.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼54.4% | ▼42.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲13.4% | ▼1.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1.1m | £282k | £372k |
| Net assets | £6.8m | £6.9m | £6.9m |
| Fixed assets | £5.3m | £5.1m | £4.9m |
| Current assets | £2.8m | £3.1m | £3.1m |
| Debtors | £380k | £306k | £301k |
| Deferred income | £21.6k | £31.8k | £29.4k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 91.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £71.6k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 92.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 5.6%
- 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 £6.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲32%
- Now £372k
- Headcount
- ▼1%
- Now 75
- Deferred income
- ▼7%
- Now £29.4k
- Fixed assets
- ▼3%
- Now £4.9m
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
- Wilcox & Co.(Limousines)limitedultimate parent75–100%
- G.M. Luff & Partners Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (14)
- Hampshire Memorials LimitedRev. £372k · Profit £32.4k
- A. & W. Goddard LimitedFigures not disclosed
- A.j. Tracy (Funeral Directors) LtdFigures not disclosed
- Charles Read & Daughter LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Egham & Hythe Funeral Directors LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ford, Mears & Partners LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Gould & Chapman (Funeral Directors) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Harris & Barnes (Funeral Directors) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Holmes & Daughters LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Michael Miller & Partners LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Mullard Funerals LtdFigures not disclosed
- P. Boast & Son LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Select Funerals LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Walton & Hersham Funeral Directors LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (1)
- Eagle Specialist Vehicles LimitedIn AdministrationRev. £12m · Profit −£479k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £163k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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