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Company No. 02878866 · Incorporated 8 Dec 1993

Lawrence Industries Limited

Registered name: LAWRENCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED

Part of Brenntag Se group

Lawrence Industries Limited made £36.5m revenue and £3.9m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.

Lawrence Industries Limited’s revenue grew 38% to £36.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £3.9m profit and 23 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of chemical products” and is based in Tamworth; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection G · Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehiclesSIC 46750Wholesale of chemical products
Status
Active
Location
Tamworth, West Midlands
Age
32 yrs · since 1993
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: “Brenntag UK Holding Limited”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2025

Key figures

Capital-lightOperating leverage
Revenue
£36.5m
Growth ▲38.5%
Profit
£3.9m
Growth ▲51.1%
Profit margin
10.6%
Gross 24%
Employees
23
Change 0%
Profit / employee
£168k
Revenue/employee £1.6m
Profitable streak
3yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

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

3 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Mar 202431 Dec 202431 Dec 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£34.3m£26.3m£36.5m
Cost of sales£27.3m£20.1m£27.7m
Gross profit£7.1m£6.2m£8.8m
Operating profit£3m£3.4m£5.1m
Profit before tax£3m£3.4m£5.1m
Profit after tax£2.2m£2.6m£3.9m
Profit (best available)£2.2m£2.6m£3.9m
Staff costs£3.2m£1.8m£2.6m
Employees (average)242323
Ratios
Profit margin6.5%9.7%10.6%
Gross margin20.7%23.5%24%
Revenue per employee£1.4m£1.1m£1.6m
Profit per employee£93.4k£111k£168k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth——▲38.5%
Profit growth——▲51.1%
Headcount growth——0%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£2.6m£3.5m£1.6m
Net assets£11.1m£10.7m£9.5m
Fixed assets£636k£541k£548k
Current assets£14.4m£14m£12.5m
Debtors£6.8m£5.8m£5.7m
Deferred income£160k£1.1m£212k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
10.6%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
24%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£1.6m
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£168k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
1.5%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
0.6%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
15.7%
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
▼11%
Now £9.5m
Cash at bank
▼53%
Now £1.6m
Headcount
0%
Now 23
Deferred income
▼81%
Now £212k
Fixed assets
▲1%
Now £548k

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. Brenntag Se (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
  2. Brenntag UK Holding Limited75–100%
  3. Lawrence Industries Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Sister companies (8)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £3.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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