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Company No. 03653763 · Incorporated 21 Oct 1998

Ladybird Inns Limited

Registered name: LADYBIRD INNS LIMITED

Part of Ladybird Group Limited group

Ladybird Inns Limited made £765k revenue and a £431k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text

Ladybird Inns Limited’s revenue grew 7% to £765k in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £431k and 50 employees. The company is classified under “public houses and bars” and is based in Redditch; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection I · Accommodation and food servicesSIC 56302Public houses and bars
Status
Active
Location
Redditch, West Midlands
Age
28 yrs · since 1998
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: “Ladybird Group Limited (incorporated in England and Wales) is regarded by the directors as being the company's ultimate parent company, owning 100% of the company's share capital.”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Mar 2025

Key figures

Doing more with less
Revenue
£765k
Growth ▲7.4%
Profit
−£431k
Growth ▼691%
Profit margin
−56.4%
Gross 39.8%
Employees
50
Change ▼15.3%
Profit / employee
−£8.6k
Revenue/employee £15.3k
Profitable streak
0yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

2 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Mar 202431 Mar 2025
DisclosureFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£712k£765k
Cost of sales£451k£461k
Gross profit£262k£304k
Operating profit£157k−£386k
Profit before tax£106k−£430k
Profit after tax£73k−£431k
Profit (best available)£73k−£431k
Staff costs£191k£198k
Employees (average)5950
Ratios
Profit margin10.3%−56.4%
Gross margin36.7%39.8%
Revenue per employee£12.1k£15.3k
Profit per employee£1.2k−£8.6k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲7.4%
Profit growth—▼691%
Headcount growth—▼15.3%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£257k£141k
Net assets£3.5m£3.1m
Fixed assets£6.3m£6.2m
Current assets£367k£330k
Debtors£96.6k£177k
Deferred income£13.7k£13.1k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
−56.4%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
39.8%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£15.3k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
−£8.6k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
810.2%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
1.7%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
23.1%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▼12%
Now £3.1m
Cash at bank
▼45%
Now £141k
Headcount
▼15%
Now 50
Deferred income
▼5%
Now £13.1k
Fixed assets
▼1%
Now £6.2m

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Ladybird Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Ladybird Inns Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Sister companies (2)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit −£431k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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