The Leprosy Mission Shop Limited
Registered name: THE LEPROSY MISSION SHOP LIMITED
The Leprosy Mission Shop Limited made £1.5m revenue and a £43.3k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
The Leprosy Mission Shop Limited’s revenue grew 4% to £1.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £43.3k and 8 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale via mail order houses or via internet” and is based in Brentford; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Brentford, London
- Age
- 31 yrs · since 1995
- 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 The Leprosy Mission International (TLMI), a company limited by guarantee and a registered charity. The company which is registered in England and Wales is number 3591514”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.6m | £1.4m | £1.5m |
| Cost of sales | £595k | £521k | £564k |
| Gross profit | £1m | £926k | £943k |
| Operating profit | £5k | −£28.2k | −£58.1k |
| Profit before tax | £19.2k | −£12.7k | −£43.3k |
| Profit after tax | £19.2k | −£12.7k | −£43.3k |
| Profit (best available) | £19.2k | −£12.7k | −£43.3k |
| Staff costs | £340k | £365k | £387k |
| Employees (average) | 7 | 8 | 8 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 1.2% | −0.9% | −2.9% |
| Gross margin | 62.8% | 64% | 62.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £228k | £181k | £188k |
| Profit per employee | £2.7k | −£1.6k | −£5.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼9.5% | ▲4.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼166.3% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲14.3% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £960k | £935k | £638k |
| Net assets | £712k | £697k | £654k |
| Fixed assets | £25k | £846 | £8.6k |
| Current assets | £1.1m | £1.1m | £899k |
| Debtors | £1.2k | £41.2k | £29.8k |
| Deferred income | £33.7k | £17k | £14.5k |
| Cash from operations | — | £37.7k | £301k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −2.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 62.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £188k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£5.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2%
- 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
- ▼6%
- Now £654k
- Cash at bank
- ▼32%
- Now £638k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 8
- Deferred income
- ▼15%
- Now £14.5k
- Fixed assets
- ▲921%
- Now £8.6k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£43.3k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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