Clarion Solicitors Limited
Registered name: CLARION SOLICITORS LIMITED
Part of Never Ordinary Limited groupClarion Solicitors Limited made £34.9m revenue and £1.3m profit in the year to 31 May 2025.
Clarion Solicitors Limited’s revenue grew 3% to £34.9m in the year to 31 May 2025, with £1.3m profit and 304 employees. The company is classified under “solicitors” and is based in Leeds; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Leeds, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 16 yrs · since 2010
- 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 Company's immediate and ultimate parent undertaking is Never Ordinary Limited, a company registered in England and Wales. Never Ordinary Limited is the smallest and largest group into which this c”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 May 2022 | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £33.9m | £34.9m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £14.1m | £11.3m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £19.7m | £23.6m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £6.3m | £2.5m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £6.1m | £2m |
| Profit after tax | £3.8m | £5.1m | £4.4m | £1.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.8m | £5.1m | £4.4m | £1.3m |
| Staff costs | — | — | £19.2m | £16.8m |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 304 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 13.1% | 3.7% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 58.3% | 67.7% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | — | £115k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | — | £4.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲34.3% | ▼14% | ▼70.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £773k | £229k | £1.1m | £1.4m |
| Net assets | £5.7m | £7.3m | £6m | £6.1m |
| Fixed assets | £2m | £1.9m | £1.4m | £782k |
| Current assets | £13m | £14.6m | £16.1m | £20.6m |
| Debtors | £5.8m | £6.5m | £6.8m | £6m |
| Deferred income | £2.1m | £1.6m | £2m | £2.6m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 67.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £115k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 7.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 17.3%
- 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
- ▲1%
- Now £6.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲31%
- Now £1.4m
- Headcount
- —
- Now 304
- Deferred income
- ▲29%
- Now £2.6m
- Fixed assets
- ▼44%
- Now £782k
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
- Never Ordinary Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Clarion Solicitors Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Clarion Trust Corporation LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Msa Law LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 May 2025 (profit £1.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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