Lambtrad Ltd
Registered name: LAMBTRAD LTD
Lambtrad Ltd made £55.8m revenue and £1.9m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Lambtrad Ltd’s revenue was £55.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £1.9m profit and 1,362 employees. The company is classified under “unlicensed restaurants and cafes” and is based in Wedmore; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Wedmore, South West
- Age
- 18 yrs · since 2008
- 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 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £50.6m | £55.6m | £55.8m |
| Cost of sales | £18.2m | £19.8m | £18.4m |
| Gross profit | £32.4m | £35.8m | £37.4m |
| Operating profit | £1.2m | £1.9m | £2.2m |
| Profit before tax | £1.2m | £1.9m | £2.3m |
| Profit after tax | £964k | £1.3m | £1.9m |
| Profit (best available) | £964k | £1.3m | £1.9m |
| Staff costs | £13.8m | £14.7m | £15.3m |
| Employees (average) | 1,460 | 1,478 | 1,362 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 1.9% | 2.4% | 3.3% |
| Gross margin | 64.1% | 64.4% | 67.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £34.7k | £37.6k | £41k |
| Profit per employee | £660 | £904 | £1.4k |
| Cash conversion | −310.2% | −212.4% | −182.4% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲9.9% | ▲0.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲38.7% | ▲39.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.2% | ▼7.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £3m | £5.6m | £7.1m |
| Net assets | £8m | £8.8m | £10.3m |
| Fixed assets | £10.4m | £9.3m | £8.6m |
| Current assets | £4.2m | £6.5m | £8.1m |
| Debtors | £338 | £0 | £330 |
| Cash from operations | −£3.7m | −£4m | −£4m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 67.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £41k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −182.4%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 15.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- ▲17%
- Now £10.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲27%
- Now £7.1m
- Headcount
- ▼8%
- Now 1,362
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼8%
- Now £8.6m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £1.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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