Lawtons Limited
Registered name: LAWTONS LIMITED
Lawtons Limited made £9.9m revenue and a £79k loss in the year to 30 Nov 2025. read from filing text
Lawtons Limited’s revenue fell 5% to £9.9m in the year to 30 Nov 2025, with a loss of £79k and 32 employees. The company is classified under “packaging activities” and is based in Liverpool; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Liverpool, North West
- Age
- 19 yrs · since 2007
- 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 Nov 2022 | 30 Nov 2023 | 30 Nov 2024 | 30 Nov 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) | — | £10.8m | £10.4m | £9.9m |
| Cost of sales | — | £8.2m | £7.6m | £7.4m |
| Gross profit | — | £2.6m | £2.8m | £2.5m |
| Operating profit | — | £477k | £488k | −£4k |
| Profit before tax | — | £398k | £420k | −£84.1k |
| Profit after tax | — | £332k | £471k | −£79k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £332k | £471k | −£79k |
| Staff costs | — | £1.5m | £1.6m | £1.7m |
| Employees (average) | 31 | 31 | 32 | 32 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 3.1% | 4.5% | −0.8% |
| Gross margin | — | 24.2% | 27.1% | 25.7% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £350k | £326k | £310k |
| Profit per employee | — | £10.7k | £14.7k | −£2.5k |
| Cash conversion | — | −56.7% | −264.3% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼3.8% | ▼5% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲41.7% | ▼116.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲3.2% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £9.4k | £1.1k | £144k | £2.6k |
| Net assets | £2.1m | £2.2m | £2.2m | £2m |
| Fixed assets | £1.4m | £1.5m | £1.5m | £1.5m |
| Current assets | £4.5m | £4.7m | £4.7m | £4.4m |
| Debtors | £1.3m | £1.6m | £1.6m | £1.6m |
| Deferred income | £264k | £249k | £308k | £148k |
| Cash from operations | — | −£270k | −£1.3m | £199k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 25.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £310k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£2.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 14.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 16.3%
- 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
- ▼11%
- Now £2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼98%
- Now £2.6k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 32
- Deferred income
- ▼52%
- Now £148k
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £1.5m
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 Nov 2025 (profit −£79k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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