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Company No. 02469611 · Incorporated 13 Feb 1990

Lichtgitter (U.K.) Limited

Registered name: LICHTGITTER (U.K.) LIMITED

Part of Lichtgitter Gmbh group

Lichtgitter (U.K.) Limited made £14.3m revenue and £1.4m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text

Lichtgitter (U.K.) Limited’s revenue grew 28% to £14.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.4m profit and 30 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other fabricated metal products” and is based in Cannock; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Status
Active
Location
Cannock, West Midlands
Age
36 yrs · since 1990
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 ultimate parent company is Lichtgitter GmbH, a company incorporated in Germany.”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2025

Key figures

Operating leverageCash flow filed
Revenue
£14.3m
Growth ▲27.9%
Profit
£1.4m
Growth ▲29.4%
Profit margin
9.6%
Gross 19.4%
Employees
30
Change ▲7.1%
Profit / employee
£45.5k
Revenue/employee £475k
Profitable streak
4yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202231 Dec 202331 Dec 202431 Dec 2025
DisclosureFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£11.6m£13m£11.1m£14.3m
Cost of sales£9.1m£10.4m£9.1m£11.5m
Gross profit£2.6m£2.6m£2.1m£2.8m
Operating profit£1.9m£1.9m£1.3m£1.8m
Profit before tax£1.9m£2m£1.4m£1.8m
Profit after tax£1.6m£1.5m£1.1m£1.4m
Profit (best available)£1.6m£1.5m£1.1m£1.4m
Staff costs£1.4m£1.5m£1.4m£1.6m
Employees (average)29282830
Ratios
Profit margin13.5%11.7%9.5%9.6%
Gross margin22.3%20.2%18.5%19.4%
Revenue per employee£402k£464k£398k£475k
Profit per employee£54k£54.1k£37.7k£45.5k
Cash conversion−124.4%−77.3%−102.5%−88.3%
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲11.6%▼14.2%▲27.9%
Profit growth—▼3.3%▼30.4%▲29.4%
Headcount growth—▼3.5%0%▲7.1%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£4.1m£5m£2m£1.8m
Net assets£6.1m£7.5m£8.5m£9.3m
Fixed assets£1m£1m£4.9m£5.4m
Current assets£7.9m£9m£6.5m£6.3m
Debtors£2.5m£3.1m£2.8m£2.8m
Deferred income£235k£251k£182k£182k
Cash from operations−£2.4m−£1.5m−£1.3m−£1.5m
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data May 2024FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
9.6%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
19.4%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£475k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£45.5k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
−88.3%
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
37.9%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
1.3%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
19.4%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▲9%
Now £9.3m
Cash at bank
▼9%
Now £1.8m
Headcount
▲7%
Now 30
Deferred income
▲0%
Now £182k
Fixed assets
▲10%
Now £5.4m

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Lichtgitter Gmbh (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
  2. Lichtgitter (U.K.) 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 £1.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

Updated from Companies House on 16 Oct 2026

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