Vickers (Lakeside) Limited
Registered name: VICKERS (LAKESIDE) LIMITED
Vickers (Lakeside) Limited made £27.2m revenue and a £119k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Vickers (Lakeside) Limited’s revenue grew 17% to £27.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £119k and 69 employees. The company is classified under “sale of new cars and light motor vehicles” and is based in Grays; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Grays, London
- Age
- 29 yrs · since 1996
- 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 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £29.1m | £29.1m | £23.2m | £27.2m |
| Cost of sales | £25.1m | £24.4m | £19m | £23.1m |
| Gross profit | £4m | £4.7m | £4.2m | £4.1m |
| Operating profit | −£50.7k | £249k | £326k | — |
| Profit before tax | −£259k | £187 | £104k | £40.9k |
| Profit after tax | −£259k | −£5.7k | £61.3k | −£119k |
| Profit (best available) | −£259k | −£5.7k | £61.3k | −£119k |
| Staff costs | £2.8m | £3m | £2.8m | £2.8m |
| Employees (average) | 82 | 86 | 76 | 69 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −0.9% | 0% | 0.3% | −0.4% |
| Gross margin | 13.9% | 16.3% | 18.1% | 15% |
| Revenue per employee | £355k | £339k | £305k | £394k |
| Profit per employee | −£3.2k | −£66 | £806 | −£1.7k |
| Cash conversion | — | 64.3% | −354.6% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲0.1% | ▼20.5% | ▲17.4% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼294.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.9% | ▼11.6% | ▼9.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £15.1k | £3.8k | £438k | £522k |
| Net assets | £830k | £824k | £886k | £766k |
| Fixed assets | £3.7m | £3.5m | £127k | £132k |
| Current assets | £5m | £3.6m | £4.1m | £4.7m |
| Debtors | £469k | £321k | £260k | £594k |
| Deferred income | £369k | £263k | £187k | — |
| Cash from operations | £312k | £160k | −£1.2m | £442k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 15%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £394k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£1.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.2%
- 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
- ▼13%
- Now £766k
- Cash at bank
- ▲19%
- Now £522k
- Headcount
- ▼9%
- Now 69
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲4%
- Now £132k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£119k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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