MBL (Seminars) Limited
Registered name: MBL (SEMINARS) LIMITED
Part of Loci Debtco Limited groupMBL (Seminars) Limited made £13.3m revenue and £5.4m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
MBL (Seminars) Limited’s revenue fell 6% to £13.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £5.4m profit and 84 employees. The company is classified under “other 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
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 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) | £10.7m | £12.5m | £14.2m | £13.3m |
| Cost of sales | £2m | £2.4m | £2.4m | −£2.3m |
| Gross profit | £8.7m | £10.1m | £11.8m | £11m |
| Operating profit | £4.5m | £5.7m | £6.6m | £5.3m |
| Profit before tax | £4.6m | £5.8m | £6.6m | £5.4m |
| Profit after tax | £3.7m | £5m | £7.1m | £5.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.7m | £5m | £7.1m | £5.4m |
| Staff costs | £3.3m | £3.4m | £3.9m | — |
| Employees (average) | 77 | 79 | 84 | 84 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 34.5% | 39.6% | 49.7% | 40.4% |
| Gross margin | 81.3% | 80.5% | 83% | 82.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £139k | £158k | £169k | £159k |
| Profit per employee | £47.9k | £62.7k | £84.1k | £64.1k |
| Cash conversion | −112.4% | 78.7% | −29.3% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲16.9% | ▲13.5% | ▼6.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲34.2% | ▲42.5% | ▼23.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2.6% | ▲6.3% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £10.5m | £1.8m | £2.9m | — |
| Net assets | £6.7m | £8.9m | £16m | — |
| Fixed assets | £263k | £452k | £545k | — |
| Current assets | £11.4m | £13.8m | £19.6m | — |
| Debtors | £724k | £880k | £730k | — |
| Deferred income | £3.6m | £3.8m | £3.9m | — |
| Cash from operations | −£5.1m | £4.5m | −£1.9m | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 40.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 82.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £159k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £64.1k
- 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 84
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Loci Debtco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Loci Midco 1 Limited75–100%
- Loci Midco 2 Limited75–100%
- Loci Bidco Limited75–100%
- LBR UK Holdco Limited75–100%
- LBR UK Midco Limited75–100%
- LBR UK Bidco Limited75–100%
- Law Business Research Limited75–100%
- MBL (Seminars) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Alm Global (Emea) LtdRev. £7.4m · Profit £912k
- Inspire Business LimitedRev. £3.1m · Profit £28.7k
- Worldwide Legal Research 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 £5.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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