Le Lien Limited
Registered name: LE LIEN LIMITED
Le Lien Limited made £55.2m revenue and £37.9k profit in the year to 29 Mar 2025.
Le Lien Limited’s revenue fell 2% to £55.2m in the year to 29 Mar 2025, with £37.9k profit and 21 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of other food, including fish, crustaceans and molluscs” and is based in Horley; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Horley, South East
- Age
- 32 yrs · since 1994
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 2 Apr 2022 | 1 Apr 2023 | 30 Mar 2024 | 29 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £59m | £57.4m | £56.1m | £55.2m |
| Cost of sales | £52.9m | £52.1m | £50.8m | £50.2m |
| Gross profit | £6.1m | £5.3m | £5.4m | £5.1m |
| Operating profit | £3.9m | £2.8m | £37.6k | £38.6k |
| Profit before tax | £3.9m | £2.8m | £39.3k | £49.3k |
| Profit after tax | £3.2m | £2.2m | £31.9k | £37.9k |
| Profit (best available) | £3.2m | £2.2m | £31.9k | £37.9k |
| Staff costs | £1.8m | £1.9m | £5m | £4.8m |
| Employees (average) | 22 | 21 | 21 | 21 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.4% | 3.9% | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Gross margin | 10.3% | 9.2% | 9.6% | 9.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £2.7m | £2.7m | £2.7m | £2.6m |
| Profit per employee | £145k | £107k | £1.5k | £1.8k |
| Cash conversion | −90.8% | −102% | −3592% | −1904% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼2.8% | ▼2.2% | ▼1.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼29.5% | ▼98.6% | ▲19.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4.5% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £325k | £156k | £1.2m | £1.9m |
| Net assets | £3.7m | £3.7m | £3.8m | £3.8m |
| Fixed assets | £37.6k | £25.8k | £24.9k | £15.6k |
| Current assets | £8m | £8m | £8.7m | £9.4m |
| Debtors | £7.2m | £7.3m | £7.1m | £6.8m |
| Cash from operations | −£3.5m | −£2.8m | −£1.4m | −£734k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 9.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £2.6m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −1904%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 12.3%
- 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 £3.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲63%
- Now £1.9m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 21
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼37%
- Now £15.6k
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Fawsitt Fish LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 29 Mar 2025 (profit £37.9k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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