Lifesearch Limited
Registered name: LIFESEARCH LIMITED
Part of Lifesearch Holdings Limited groupLifesearch Limited made £62.2m revenue and a £3.6m loss in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
Lifesearch Limited’s revenue grew 28% to £62.2m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with a loss of £3.6m and 378 employees. The company is classified under “life insurance” and is based in Whiteley; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Whiteley, South East
- Age
- 31 yrs · since 1995
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £44.7m | £45.4m | £48.6m | £62.2m |
| Cost of sales | £36.8m | £35.7m | £37m | £53m |
| Gross profit | £7.9m | £9.6m | £11.5m | £9.3m |
| Operating profit | £205k | £1m | £1.8m | −£4.8m |
| Profit before tax | £211k | £1.1m | £2m | −£4.6m |
| Profit after tax | £526k | £1.1m | £1.7m | −£3.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £526k | £1.1m | £1.7m | −£3.6m |
| Staff costs | £15.1m | £16.1m | £16.7m | £21m |
| Employees (average) | 345 | 317 | 336 | 378 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.2% | 2.4% | 3.5% | −5.7% |
| Gross margin | 17.7% | 21.2% | 23.8% | 14.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £130k | £143k | £145k | £165k |
| Profit per employee | £1.5k | £3.4k | £5.1k | −£9.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲1.5% | ▲7.1% | ▲28.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲102.4% | ▲59.8% | ▼309.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼8.1% | ▲6% | ▲12.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £6.2m | £6.7m | £5.8m | £5.6m |
| Net assets | £2.8m | £2.3m | £3.5m | −£1.5m |
| Fixed assets | £2.7m | £2.8m | £4.5m | £8.1m |
| Current assets | £19.1m | £19m | £18.5m | £20.8m |
| Debtors | £524k | £236k | £187k | £251k |
| Deferred income | £3.7m | £5m | £4.9m | £11m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −5.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 14.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £165k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£9.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 13%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 17.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- 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
- ▼144%
- Now −£1.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼4%
- Now £5.6m
- Headcount
- ▲13%
- Now 378
- Deferred income
- ▲123%
- Now £11m
- Fixed assets
- ▲80%
- Now £8.1m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Lifesearch Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Lifesearch Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Guaranteed Life LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Lifesearch Partners LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit −£3.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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