Lifealike Limited
Registered name: LIFEALIKE LIMITED
Lifealike Limited made £4.7m revenue and a £4.3m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Lifealike Limited’s revenue fell 5% to £4.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £4.3m and 63 employees. The company is classified under “other accommodation” and is based in Milton Keynes; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Milton Keynes, South East
- Age
- 18 yrs · since 2008
- 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: “Accor Luxury & Lifestyle SAS”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £5m | £4.7m |
| Cost of sales | £1.6m | £1.5m |
| Gross profit | £3.4m | £3.2m |
| Operating profit | −£4.6m | −£3.1m |
| Profit before tax | −£6.2m | −£5.3m |
| Profit after tax | −£6.2m | −£4.3m |
| Profit (best available) | −£6.2m | −£4.3m |
| Employees (average) | 58 | 63 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −124.4% | −91% |
| Gross margin | 67.7% | 67.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £86.4k | £75.3k |
| Profit per employee | −£108k | −£68.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼5.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲8.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £290k | £206k |
| Net assets | −£35.5m | −£39.7m |
| Fixed assets | £77.1k | £128k |
| Current assets | £1.5m | £7.3m |
| Debtors | £15.9k | £107k |
| Deferred income | £1.2m | £1.6m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −91%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 67.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £75.3k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£68.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 33.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.3%
- 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
- —
- Now −£39.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼29%
- Now £206k
- Headcount
- ▲9%
- Now 63
- Deferred income
- ▲32%
- Now £1.6m
- Fixed assets
- ▲65%
- Now £128k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Lifealike USA LtdFigures not disclosed
Minority corporate shareholders
- Accor S.A. (registered outside the UK register) 25–50%
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 2024 (profit −£4.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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