Lancaster Investment Services Ltd
Registered name: LANCASTER INVESTMENT SERVICES LTD
Lancaster Investment Services Ltd made £16.7m revenue and £10.2m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Lancaster Investment Services Ltd’s revenue fell 9% to £16.7m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £10.2m profit and 14 employees. The company is classified under “fund management activities” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London
- Age
- 19 yrs · since 2007
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £9.8m | £18.4m | £16.7m |
| Cost of sales | — | −£559k | −£504k |
| Gross profit | £9.8m | £17.8m | £16.2m |
| Operating profit | £6.9m | £13.1m | £10.2m |
| Profit before tax | £6.9m | £13.1m | £10.2m |
| Profit after tax | £6.9m | £13.1m | £10.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £6.9m | £13.1m | £10.2m |
| Employees (average) | 8 | 12 | 14 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 70.3% | 70.9% | 61.1% |
| Gross margin | 100% | 97% | 97% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.2m | £1.5m | £1.2m |
| Profit per employee | £859k | £1.1m | £729k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲88.3% | ▼9.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲90% | ▼21.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲50% | ▲16.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 61.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 97%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.2m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £729k
- 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
- ▲17%
- Now 14
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Lancaster Investment Management LLPRev. £16.7m · Profit £7.7m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £10.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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