L.C. Switchgear Limited
Registered name: L.C. SWITCHGEAR LIMITED
Part of Otter Controls Limited groupL.C. Switchgear Limited made £5.4m revenue and £76.9k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
L.C. Switchgear Limited’s revenue fell 1% to £5.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £76.9k profit and 43 employees. The company is classified under “other manufacturing” and is based in Buxton; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Buxton, North West
- Age
- 27 yrs · since 1999
- 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.
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&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £4.3m | £5.5m | £5.4m |
| Cost of sales | −£2.9m | −£3.5m | −£3.9m |
| Gross profit | £1.3m | £1.9m | £1.6m |
| Operating profit | £123k | £683k | £96.1k |
| Profit before tax | £125k | £684k | £101k |
| Profit after tax | £95.9k | £509k | £76.9k |
| Profit (best available) | £95.9k | £509k | £76.9k |
| Employees (average) | 34 | 40 | 43 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 2.2% | 9.3% | 1.4% |
| Gross margin | 31.2% | 35.5% | 28.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £126k | £137k | £126k |
| Profit per employee | £2.8k | £12.7k | £1.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲28.2% | ▼1.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲430.9% | ▼84.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲17.6% | ▲7.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 28.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £126k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲8%
- Now 43
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Otter Controls Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- L.C.S. Holdings Limited75–100%
- L.C. Switchgear 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 accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £76.9k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 12 Oct 2026
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