Temple Lifts Limited
Registered name: TEMPLE LIFTS LIMITED
Part of Sajote Ltd groupTemple Lifts Limited made £12.2m revenue and £1.1m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Temple Lifts Limited’s revenue was £12.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.1m profit and 61 employees. The company is classified under “other specialised construction activities” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 37 yrs · since 1989
- 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 | 30 Sep 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £24m | £16.3m | £12.2m |
| Cost of sales | £18.6m | £11m | £7.9m |
| Gross profit | £5.4m | £5.3m | £4.3m |
| Operating profit | −£1.5m | £363k | £1.1m |
| Profit before tax | −£1.6m | £384k | £1.1m |
| Profit after tax | −£1.6m | £385k | £1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.6m | £385k | £1.1m |
| Staff costs | £10.2m | £6.8m | £4.1m |
| Employees (average) | 112 | 78 | 61 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −6.5% | 2.4% | 9.1% |
| Gross margin | 22.6% | 32.5% | 35.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £214k | £209k | £200k |
| Profit per employee | −£13.9k | £4.9k | £18.1k |
| Cash conversion | — | −26.8% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £738k | £818k | £1.4m |
| Net assets | £204k | £589k | £1.7m |
| Fixed assets | £23k | £27.7k | £16.9k |
| Current assets | £3.8m | £3.1m | £5m |
| Debtors | £1.8m | £1.4m | £2.2m |
| Deferred income | £662k | £963k | £1.4m |
| Cash from operations | £1.2m | −£97.4k | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 9.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 35.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £200k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £18.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 11.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 17.9%
- 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
- —
- Now £1.7m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £1.4m
- Headcount
- —
- Now 61
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £1.4m
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £16.9k
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
- Sajote Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Provident Lifts Ltd75–100%
- Lafone Lifts Limited75–100%
- Temple Lifts Holdings Limited75–100%
- Temple Lifts Limitedthis 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 Dec 2025 (profit £1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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