Land Navigation Systems Limited
Registered name: LAND NAVIGATION SYSTEMS LIMITED
Part of The Trustees Of John Rosson's Estate groupLand Navigation Systems Limited made £18.2m revenue and £564k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2024.
Land Navigation Systems Limited’s revenue fell 35% to £18.2m in the year to 30 Jun 2024, with £564k profit and 72 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other electrical equipment” and is based in Stoke-on-Trent; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Stoke-on-Trent, West Midlands
- Age
- 32 yrs · since 1994
- 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 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £28.2m | £18.2m |
| Cost of sales | −£23.4m | −£12.3m |
| Gross profit | £4.8m | £5.9m |
| Operating profit | £219k | £606k |
| Profit before tax | £129k | £496k |
| Profit after tax | £129k | £564k |
| Profit (best available) | £129k | £564k |
| Employees (average) | 71 | 72 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 0.5% | 3.1% |
| Gross margin | 17% | 32.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £397k | £253k |
| Profit per employee | £1.8k | £7.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼35.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲337.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 32.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £253k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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 —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 72
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- The Trustees Of John Rosson's Estate (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent50–75%
- Land Navigation Systems Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Terrafix LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Jun 2024 (profit £564k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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