I.l.f. Ltd
Registered name: I.L.F. LTD
I.l.f. Ltd made £20m revenue and £1.8m profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025. read from filing text
I.l.f. Ltd’s revenue grew 27% to £20m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £1.8m profit and 20 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Cannock; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cannock, West Midlands
- Age
- 22 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 | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £15.7m | £20m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £12m | £15m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £3.7m | £5m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £1.7m | £2.5m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £1.7m | £2.5m |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £1.3m | £1.8m |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £1.3m | £1.8m |
| Staff costs | — | — | £962k | £1.2m |
| Employees (average) | 12 | 14 | 19 | 20 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 8.1% | 9.2% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 23.5% | 24.8% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £826k | £1m |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £66.7k | £91.9k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | −108% | −109.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲27.5% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲44.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲16.7% | ▲35.7% | ▲5.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £409k | £418k | £1.6m | £2.6m |
| Net assets | £1.4m | £2.1m | £3.2m | £4.7m |
| Fixed assets | £731k | £959k | £1.1m | £1.7m |
| Current assets | £2.9m | £4m | £6.9m | £9.5m |
| Debtors | £1.8m | £2.6m | £4m | £4.8m |
| Deferred income | £77.1k | £79.8k | £72.4k | £26k |
| Cash from operations | — | — | −£1.8m | −£2.7m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 9.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 24.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £91.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −109.6%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 8.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 23.8%
- 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
- ▲49%
- Now £4.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲70%
- Now £2.6m
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 20
- Deferred income
- ▼64%
- Now £26k
- Fixed assets
- ▲56%
- Now £1.7m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £1.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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