Lift-Advice Ltd
Registered name: LIFT-ADVICE LTD
Part of Brooks Macdonald Group PLC groupLift-Advice Ltd made £235k revenue and a £11.5k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2023.
Lift-Advice Ltd’s revenue fell 5% to £235k in the year to 31 Dec 2023, with a loss of £11.5k and 2 employees. The company is classified under “financial intermediation not elsewhere classified” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 15 yrs · since 2011
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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: “LIFT-Financial Group Ltd”
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £249k | £235k |
| Cost of sales | £134k | £114k |
| Gross profit | £115k | £121k |
| Operating profit | −£22.6k | −£15k |
| Profit before tax | −£22.6k | −£15k |
| Profit after tax | −£18.3k | −£11.5k |
| Profit (best available) | −£18.3k | −£11.5k |
| Employees (average) | 2 | 2 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −7.3% | −4.9% |
| Gross margin | 46.3% | 51.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £124k | £118k |
| Profit per employee | −£9.1k | −£5.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼5.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £32.2k | £32.7k |
| Net assets | £36.3k | £24.8k |
| Current assets | £48.5k | £42.4k |
| Debtors | £16.3k | £7.8k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −4.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 51.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £118k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£5.7k
- 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
- 3.3%
- 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
- ▼32%
- Now £24.8k
- Cash at bank
- ▲1%
- Now £32.7k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 2
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Brooks Macdonald Group PLCultimate parent75–100%
- Lift-Financial Group Ltd75–100%
- Lift-Advice Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (6)
- Lift-Financial LtdRev. £5.9m · Profit £1.2k
- Lift-Mortgages LimitedRev. £1.6m · Profit £11.7k
- Lift-Sport LimitedRev. £1.2m · Profit £159k
- Lift-Workwise LimitedRev. £730k · Profit £84k
- Lift-Insurance LtdRev. £477k · Profit £47.6k
- Lift-Tax LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2023 (profit −£11.5k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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