Lighting & Electrical Distribution UK Limited
Registered name: LIGHTING & ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION UK LIMITED
Part of Squared Midco Limited groupLighting & Electrical Distribution UK Limited made £4.3m revenue and £639k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Lighting & Electrical Distribution UK Limited’s revenue fell 15% to £4.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £639k profit and 31 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of radio, television goods & electrical household appliances (other than records, tapes, cd's & video tapes and the equipment used for playing them)” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2002
- 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. From the filing: “L.E.D. Lighting & Electrical Distribution Group Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £5.5m | £5.3m | £5m | £4.3m |
| Operating profit | £844k | £816k | £772k | £887k |
| Profit before tax | £846k | £816k | £781k | £913k |
| Profit after tax | £672k | £620k | £547k | £639k |
| Profit (best available) | £672k | £620k | £547k | £639k |
| Employees (average) | 35 | 33 | 31 | 31 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 12.3% | 11.8% | 10.9% | 14.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £156k | £160k | £162k | £138k |
| Profit per employee | £19.2k | £18.8k | £17.7k | £20.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼3.5% | ▼4.4% | ▼14.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼7.6% | ▼11.8% | ▲16.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼5.7% | ▼6.1% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £22.2k | £63.9k | — | — |
| Net assets | £5.7m | £1.3m | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £318k | £300k | — | — |
| Current assets | £5.8m | £1.4m | — | — |
| Debtors | £5.8m | £1.4m | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 14.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £138k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £20.6k
- 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
- 0%
- Now 31
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Squared Midco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Squared Bidco Limited75–100%
- Lighting & Electrical Distribution UK Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- CP (Electric) Management Services LtdRev. £5m · Profit £3.6m
- Automated Technical Controls UK LimitedFigures not disclosed
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 £639k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 12 Oct 2026
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