Laidlaw & Company (UK) Ltd.
Registered name: LAIDLAW & COMPANY (UK) LTD.
Part of Laidlaw Holdings Limited groupLaidlaw & Company (UK) Ltd. made £12.5m revenue and a £862k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Laidlaw & Company (UK) Ltd.’s revenue grew 12% to £12.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £862k and 45 employees. The company is classified under “activities auxiliary to financial intermediation” and is based in Esher; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active - Proposal to Strike off
- Location
- Esher, London
- Age
- 26 yrs · since 1999
- 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 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £28.7m | £14.2m | £11.2m | £12.5m |
| Cost of sales | £22.4m | £11.1m | £9.3m | £7.9m |
| Gross profit | £6.2m | £3.1m | £1.8m | £4.7m |
| Operating profit | −£1.9m | −£4.3m | −£2.9m | −£845k |
| Profit before tax | −£1.9m | −£4.3m | −£2.8m | −£859k |
| Profit after tax | −£1.8m | −£4.2m | −£2.8m | −£862k |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.8m | −£4.2m | −£2.8m | −£862k |
| Staff costs | £23.2m | £12.1m | £10.6m | £9.3m |
| Employees (average) | 58 | 51 | 51 | 45 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −6.3% | −29.9% | −25.3% | −6.9% |
| Gross margin | 21.7% | 21.5% | 16.5% | 37.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £494k | £278k | £219k | £278k |
| Profit per employee | −£31.2k | −£83.2k | −£55.2k | −£19.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼50.5% | ▼21.5% | ▲12.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼12.1% | 0% | ▼11.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.9m | £1.5m | £1.6m | £413k |
| Net assets | £1.9m | −£408k | −£305k | −£943k |
| Fixed assets | £262k | £169k | £147k | £148k |
| Current assets | £6.2m | £4.9m | £3.4m | £2.3m |
| Debtors | £331k | £169k | £128k | £143k |
| Deferred income | £3m | £4.2m | £2.4m | £2.7m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −6.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 37.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £278k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£19.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 21.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.1%
- 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
- —
- Now −£943k
- Cash at bank
- ▼75%
- Now £413k
- Headcount
- ▼12%
- Now 45
- Deferred income
- ▲13%
- Now £2.7m
- Fixed assets
- ▲1%
- Now £148k
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
- Laidlaw Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Laidlaw & Company (UK) Ltd.this company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Laidlaw & Company International LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offRev. £45.4k · Profit −£102k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit −£862k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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