Newslease Limited
Registered name: NEWSLEASE LIMITED
Part of Bayswift Limited groupNewslease Limited made £2.9m revenue and a £157k loss in the year to 31 Oct 2025. read from filing text
Newslease Limited’s revenue grew 9% to £2.9m in the year to 31 Oct 2025, with a loss of £157k and 55 employees. The company is classified under “residential care activities for the elderly and disabled” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 29 yrs · since 1996
- 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 parent company of Newslease Limited is Bayswift Limited, a company registered in the UK and its registered office is c/o BMS (Sussex) Limited, Second Floor West, Ivy House, Ivy Terrace, Eastbourne”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Oct 2022 | 31 Oct 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 | 31 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £2.5m | £2.4m | £2.6m | £2.9m |
| Cost of sales | £118k | £143k | £145k | £147k |
| Gross profit | £2.4m | £2.3m | £2.5m | £2.7m |
| Operating profit | £368k | £133k | −£43.5k | −£146k |
| Profit before tax | £368k | £174k | −£10.5k | −£138k |
| Profit after tax | £289k | £174k | −£15k | −£157k |
| Profit (best available) | £289k | £174k | −£15k | −£157k |
| Employees (average) | 45 | 50 | 56 | 55 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 11.6% | 7.1% | −0.6% | −5.5% |
| Gross margin | 95.3% | 94.1% | 94.5% | 94.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £55.4k | £48.8k | £47.1k | £52.4k |
| Profit per employee | £6.4k | £3.5k | −£268 | −£2.9k |
| Cash conversion | −98.9% | −79.3% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼2.1% | ▲8% | ▲9.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼39.7% | ▼108.6% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲11.1% | ▲12% | ▼1.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.9m | £1.1m | £384k | £130k |
| Net assets | £6.2m | £5.9m | £5.9m | £5.8m |
| Fixed assets | £4.6m | £4.9m | £5.5m | £5.5m |
| Current assets | £2.2m | £1.6m | £1m | £855k |
| Debtors | £292k | £341k | £603k | £695k |
| Deferred income | £34.5k | £40.4k | £51k | £25.4k |
| Cash from operations | −£364k | −£105k | £157k | £150k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −5.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 94.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £52.4k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£2.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 191.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 24.1%
- 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
- ▼3%
- Now £5.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▼66%
- Now £130k
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 55
- Deferred income
- ▼50%
- Now £25.4k
- Fixed assets
- ▲0%
- Now £5.5m
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
- Bayswift Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Newslease Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Oct 2025 (profit −£157k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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