228 Red Lion Limited
Registered name: 228 RED LION LIMITED
228 Red Lion Limited made £3.3m revenue and £303k profit in the year to 28 Feb 2025. read from filing text
228 Red Lion Limited’s revenue grew 5% to £3.3m in the year to 28 Feb 2025, with £303k profit and 101 employees. The company is classified under “pre-primary education” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2003
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 28 Feb 2022 | 28 Feb 2023 | 29 Feb 2024 | 28 Feb 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £2.9m | £3.2m | £3.3m |
| Cost of sales | — | £1.6m | £1.8m | £1.9m |
| Gross profit | — | £1.4m | £1.4m | £1.4m |
| Operating profit | — | £539k | −£159k | £321k |
| Profit before tax | — | £446k | −£201k | £286k |
| Profit after tax | — | £349k | −£291k | £303k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £349k | −£291k | £303k |
| Employees (average) | 95 | 91 | 99 | 101 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 11.9% | −9.2% | 9.1% |
| Gross margin | — | 47.1% | 42.8% | 42.6% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £32.2k | £32k | £32.9k |
| Profit per employee | — | £3.8k | −£2.9k | £3k |
| Cash conversion | — | −65.3% | — | −183% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲8.2% | ▲4.9% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼183.5% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4.2% | ▲8.8% | ▲2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £658k | £237k | £269k | £373k |
| Net assets | £4m | £4.2m | £4m | £4.3m |
| Fixed assets | £6m | £6m | £5.5m | £5.4m |
| Current assets | £1.2m | £271k | £365k | £483k |
| Debtors | £23.9k | £17.6k | £11.7k | £14.7k |
| Deferred income | — | £12.7k | £0 | £44.1k |
| Cash from operations | — | −£352k | −£450k | −£587k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 9.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 42.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £32.9k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −183%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 161.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- 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
- ▲8%
- Now £4.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲39%
- Now £373k
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 101
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £44.1k
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £5.4m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 28 Feb 2025 (profit £303k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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