LSTC Group Ltd
Registered name: LSTC GROUP LTD
Part of Phoenix UK 2020 Limited groupLSTC Group Ltd made £18m revenue and £2.4m profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
LSTC Group Ltd’s revenue grew 20% to £18m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £2.4m profit and 136 employees. The company is classified under “other professional, scientific and technical activities” and is based in Burton-on-Trent; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Burton-on-Trent, East Midlands
- 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 | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £9.5m | £9.8m | £15m | £18m |
| Cost of sales | £7.1m | £7.4m | £11.1m | £11.7m |
| Gross profit | £2.4m | £2.4m | £3.9m | £6.3m |
| Operating profit | £1.6m | £1.5m | £2.6m | £3.2m |
| Profit before tax | £1.6m | £1.5m | £2.6m | £3.2m |
| Profit after tax | £1.7m | £1.2m | £2.1m | £2.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.7m | £1.2m | £2.1m | £2.4m |
| Staff costs | £4.2m | £5m | £6.4m | £8.3m |
| Employees (average) | 83 | 87 | 106 | 136 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 17.7% | 12.5% | 13.8% | 13.1% |
| Gross margin | 25.2% | 24.3% | 25.9% | 35.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £114k | £113k | £141k | £133k |
| Profit per employee | £20.2k | £14.1k | £19.4k | £17.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲3.4% | ▲52.5% | ▲20.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼27.2% | ▲68.5% | ▲14.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.8% | ▲21.8% | ▲28.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £336k | £427k | £1m | £1m |
| Net assets | £7.3m | £8.1m | £9.6m | £11.5m |
| Fixed assets | £2.3m | £2.1m | £2.2m | £2.3m |
| Current assets | £7m | £8.3m | £11m | £13.6m |
| Debtors | £840k | £1m | £1.7m | £2.2m |
| Deferred income | £256k | £337k | £743k | £693k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 13.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 35.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £133k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £17.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 12.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 12.2%
- 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
- ▲19%
- Now £11.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲1%
- Now £1m
- Headcount
- ▲28%
- Now 136
- Deferred income
- ▼7%
- Now £693k
- Fixed assets
- ▲4%
- Now £2.3m
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
- Phoenix UK 2020 Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Socotec UK Holding Limited75–100%
- Environmental Scientifics Group Holdings Limited75–100%
- Inspicio Environmental Services Group Limited75–100%
- Socotec UK Limited75–100%
- LSTC Holdings Ltd75–100%
- LSTC Group Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Earthing Risk Management LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit £2.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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