London Pharma & Chemicals Group Ltd
Registered name: LONDON PHARMA & CHEMICALS GROUP LTD
Part of London Pharma & Chemicals Holdings Ltd groupLondon Pharma & Chemicals Group Ltd made £687k revenue and £956k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
London Pharma & Chemicals Group Ltd’s revenue grew 17% to £687k in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £956k profit and 8 employees. The company is classified under “bookkeeping activities” and is based in Borehamwood; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Borehamwood, East of England
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2003
- 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. From the filing: “The company's ultimate parent company is London Pharma & Chemicals Holdings Ltd, a company registered in England and Wales. The registered office is Unit 10, Delta Court, Manor Way, Borehamwood, Hertf”
Key figures
Unusual figures. Profit is higher than revenue in this filing. That usually means investment income, dividends from subsidiaries or one-off gains — or a mis-tagged figure. Check the original filing before drawing conclusions.
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&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £453k | £662k | £587k | £687k |
| Operating profit | −£388k | −£200k | −£909k | −£313k |
| Profit before tax | £4.7m | £979k | £345k | £1.1m |
| Profit after tax | £4.8m | £989k | £377k | £956k |
| Profit (best available) | £4.8m | £989k | £377k | £956k |
| Staff costs | £525k | £724k | £775k | £663k |
| Employees (average) | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1050% | 149.4% | 64.2% | 139.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £50.3k | £82.7k | £83.9k | £85.9k |
| Profit per employee | £528k | £124k | £53.8k | £119k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲46.2% | ▼11.3% | ▲17.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼79.2% | ▼61.9% | ▲153.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼11.1% | ▼12.5% | ▲14.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £14.1m | £16.4m | £17.4m | £19.2m |
| Net assets | £21.7m | £22.7m | £23.1m | £24.1m |
| Fixed assets | £11.1m | £10.8m | £12.2m | £12.3m |
| Current assets | £19.6m | £24m | £23.3m | £25.5m |
| Debtors | £4.4k | £2.1k | £504 | £6.2k |
| Deferred income | £243k | £478k | £239k | £204k |
| Cash from operations | £3.1m | −£663k | −£1.1m | −£676k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 139.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £85.9k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £119k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1783%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 29.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.9%
- 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
- ▲4%
- Now £24.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲10%
- Now £19.2m
- Headcount
- ▲14%
- Now 8
- Deferred income
- ▼15%
- Now £204k
- Fixed assets
- ▲1%
- Now £12.3m
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
- London Pharma & Chemicals Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- London Pharma & Chemicals Group Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (9)
- F.i.t. Industries LimitedFigures not disclosed
- L P C Secretarial LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ostrich Industries LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Protec Botanica LtdFigures not disclosed
- Protec Ingredia LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Protec Nutra LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Protec Pharma LtdFigures not disclosed
- S & D Pharma LimitedFigures not disclosed
- S&D Pharma Hold 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 31 Dec 2025 (profit £956k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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