Lea Valley Limited
Registered name: LEA VALLEY LIMITED
Part of Mountmurray Limited groupLea Valley Limited made £2.6m revenue and £21.7m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Lea Valley Limited’s revenue grew 59% to £2.6m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £21.7m profit and 3 employees. The company is classified under “buying and selling of own real estate” and is based in Lancashire; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Lancashire, North West
- Age
- 22 yrs · since 2004
- 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 ultimate parent company at the period end was Mountmurray Limited, a company incorporated in Jersey. The largest and smallest group in which the results of the company are consolidated is that hea”
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 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.6m | £2.6m |
| Operating profit | −£2m | −£1.6m |
| Profit before tax | £12m | £25.9m |
| Profit after tax | £9.1m | £21.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £9.1m | £21.7m |
| Employees (average) | 3 | 3 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 563.8% | 845.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £537k | £856k |
| Profit per employee | £3m | £7.2m |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲59.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲139% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £685k | £1.6m |
| Net assets | £27.3m | £49m |
| Fixed assets | £143m | £193m |
| Current assets | £2m | £3.8m |
| Debtors | £202k | £465k |
| Deferred income | £3.9m | £1.5m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 845.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £856k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.2m
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 7534%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 60.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 18.1%
- 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
- ▲80%
- Now £49m
- Cash at bank
- ▲130%
- Now £1.6m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 3
- Deferred income
- ▼61%
- Now £1.5m
- Fixed assets
- ▲35%
- Now £193m
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
- Mountmurray Limited (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Chapelmount Properties Limited75–100%
- Lea Valley Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Wildmoor (Hull) LimitedRev. £2.1m · Profit −£696k
- Bollinhale 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 Mar 2025 (profit £21.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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