Lights4fun Limited
Registered name: LIGHTS4FUN LIMITED
Part of Project Rainbow Topco Limited groupLights4fun Limited made £39.2m revenue and £313k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Lights4fun Limited’s revenue was £39.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £313k profit and 35 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale via mail order houses or via internet” and is based in Harrogate; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Harrogate, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 19 yrs · since 2007
- 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. From the filing: “The immediate parent company is Project Rainbow Bidco Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales. The ultimate parent undertaking is Project Rainbow Topco Limited, a company incorporated in ”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £29m | £23.7m | £23.5m | £39.2m |
| Cost of sales | £22m | £20.6m | £18.3m | £31.9m |
| Gross profit | £7m | £3.1m | £5.2m | £7.3m |
| Operating profit | £3.2m | −£4.1m | −£560k | £336k |
| Profit before tax | £3.2m | −£4.1m | −£560k | £325k |
| Profit after tax | £2.5m | −£3.5m | −£583k | £313k |
| Profit (best available) | £2.5m | −£3.5m | −£583k | £313k |
| Staff costs | £2.8m | £2.5m | £2.6m | £2.5m |
| Employees (average) | 69 | 49 | 48 | 35 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 8.7% | −14.8% | −2.5% | 0.8% |
| Gross margin | 24.3% | 13.2% | 22.1% | 18.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £421k | £484k | £489k | £1.1m |
| Profit per employee | £36.5k | −£71.5k | −£12.2k | £8.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼18.3% | ▼1% | — |
| Profit growth | — | ▼239.2% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼29% | ▼2% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £440k | £460k | £967k | £5.4m |
| Net assets | £10m | £6.5m | £6m | £6.3m |
| Fixed assets | £239k | £293k | £398k | £574k |
| Current assets | £17.9m | £10.1m | £11.6m | £13.9m |
| Debtors | £221k | £252k | £514k | £692k |
| Deferred income | £510k | £803k | £928k | £3.4m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 18.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.1m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £8.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 8.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.8%
- 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
- —
- Now £6.3m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £5.4m
- Headcount
- —
- Now 35
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £3.4m
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £574k
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
- Project Rainbow Topco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Project Rainbow Bidco Limited75–100%
- Lights4fun Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
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 £313k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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