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Company No. 04111248 · Incorporated 21 Nov 2000

Lyle & Scott Limited

Registered name: LYLE & SCOTT LIMITED

Part of Ellaness Holdings Limited group

Lyle & Scott Limited made £71.9m revenue and £10.6m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2023.

Lyle & Scott Limited’s revenue grew 6% to £71.9m in the year to 31 Mar 2023, with £10.6m profit and 147 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of clothing and footwear” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection G · Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehiclesSIC 46420Wholesale of clothing and footwear
Status
Active
Location
London, London
Age
25 yrs · since 2000
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.

Latest accounts · year to 31 Mar 2023

Key figures

Capital-lightCash flow filed
Revenue
£71.9m
Growth ▲6.4%
Profit
£10.6m
Growth ▼8.4%
Profit margin
14.7%
Gross 37.1%
Employees
147
Change ▲18.6%
Profit / employee
£71.8k
Revenue/employee £489k
Profitable streak
2yrs
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 202231 Mar 2023
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£67.6m£71.9m
Cost of sales£37.5m£45.2m
Gross profit£30m£26.6m
Operating profit£14.3m£13.3m
Profit before tax£14.3m£13.1m
Profit after tax£11.5m£10.6m
Profit (best available)£11.5m£10.6m
Staff costs£6.3m£6.8m
Employees (average)124147
Ratios
Profit margin17.1%14.7%
Gross margin44.4%37.1%
Revenue per employee£545k£489k
Profit per employee£93k£71.8k
Cash conversion−97.7%−12.3%
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲6.4%
Profit growth—▼8.4%
Headcount growth—▲18.6%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£6.7m£2.1m
Net assets£24.3m£29.9m
Fixed assets£995k£1.3m
Current assets£42.5m£50.1m
Debtors£13.8m£14.2m
Deferred income£5.7m£6.3m
Cash from operations−£13.9m−£1.6m
SourceAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
14.7%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
37.1%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£489k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£71.8k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
−12.3%
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
1.8%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
8.7%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
19.7%
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
▲23%
Now £29.9m
Cash at bank
▼69%
Now £2.1m
Headcount
▲19%
Now 147
Deferred income
▲9%
Now £6.3m
Fixed assets
▲28%
Now £1.3m

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. Ellaness Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Lyle & Scott 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 Mar 2023 (profit £10.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2023. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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