Lactosan Holdings Limited
Registered name: LACTOSAN HOLDINGS LIMITED
Part of Lactosan A/S groupLactosan Holdings Limited made £14.7m revenue and £979k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Lactosan Holdings Limited’s revenue fell 9% to £14.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £979k profit and 10 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in Braintree; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Braintree, East of England
- Age
- 33 yrs · since 1992
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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: “Thornico Food & Food Technology Group A/S”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £16.2m | £14.7m |
| Cost of sales | £13.4m | £12m |
| Gross profit | £2.8m | £2.8m |
| Profit before tax | £1.8m | £1.8m |
| Profit after tax | £989k | £979k |
| Profit (best available) | £989k | £979k |
| Staff costs | £491k | £533k |
| Employees (average) | 12 | 10 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 6.1% | 6.6% |
| Gross margin | 17.3% | 18.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.3m | £1.5m |
| Profit per employee | £82.4k | £97.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼8.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼16.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £83.4k | £122k |
| Net assets | £6.1m | £5.6m |
| Fixed assets | £4m | £3.4m |
| Current assets | £3.4m | £3.5m |
| Debtors | £3.3m | £3.3m |
| Cash from operations | £2.2m | £1.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 18.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.5m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £97.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 23.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 22.7%
- 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
- ▼8%
- Now £5.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲47%
- Now £122k
- Headcount
- ▼17%
- Now 10
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼13%
- Now £3.4m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Lactosan A/S (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Lactosan Holdings Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (3)
- Lactosan (UK) LimitedRev. £14.4m · Profit £1.3m
- Lactosan-Ovodan UK LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ovodan Egg Products UK LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £979k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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