Lysander Associates Limited
Registered name: LYSANDER ASSOCIATES LIMITED
Part of Martini Investco Limited groupLysander Associates Limited made £13.8m revenue and £2m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Lysander Associates Limited’s revenue grew 28% to £13.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £2m profit and 66 employees. The company is classified under “development of building projects” and is based in Godalming; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Godalming, South East
- Age
- 25 yrs · since 2001
- 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 | Profit only | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £10.8m | £13.8m |
| Cost of sales | — | £5.8m | £7.4m |
| Gross profit | — | £5m | £6.4m |
| Operating profit | — | £2.7m | £2.7m |
| Profit before tax | — | £2.6m | £2.7m |
| Profit after tax | £506k | £2m | £2m |
| Profit (best available) | £506k | £2m | £2m |
| Staff costs | — | £4.4m | £6.5m |
| Employees (average) | 82 | 84 | 66 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | 18.1% | 14.6% |
| Gross margin | — | 45.9% | 46.2% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £129k | £209k |
| Profit per employee | £6.2k | £23.3k | £30.6k |
| Cash conversion | — | −109.9% | −93.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲27.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲286.4% | ▲3.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2.4% | ▼21.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £749k | £2.1m | £1.6m |
| Net assets | £3.1m | £4.2m | £5.6m |
| Fixed assets | £826k | £191k | £519k |
| Current assets | £5m | £6.7m | £7.5m |
| Debtors | £2m | £1.8m | £2.6m |
| Deferred income | £306k | £608k | £923k |
| Cash from operations | — | −£2.9m | −£2.5m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 14.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 46.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £209k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £30.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −93.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 6.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 18.9%
- 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
- ▲33%
- Now £5.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼24%
- Now £1.6m
- Headcount
- ▼21%
- Now 66
- Deferred income
- ▲52%
- Now £923k
- Fixed assets
- ▲172%
- Now £519k
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
- Martini Investco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Martini Topco Limited75–100%
- Martini Midco Limited75–100%
- Martini Bidco Limited75–100%
- Lysander Group Limited75–100%
- Lysander Associates Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Lta Mep LimitedRev. £935k · Profit £208k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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