Lightware Visual Engineering UK Limited
Registered name: LIGHTWARE VISUAL ENGINEERING UK LIMITED
Part of Lightware Holding Zartkoruen Mukodo Resz groupLightware Visual Engineering UK Limited made £6m revenue and a £642k loss in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Lightware Visual Engineering UK Limited’s revenue grew 12% to £6m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with a loss of £642k and 12 employees. The company is classified under “retail of furniture, lighting, and similar (not musical instruments or scores) in specialised store” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 15 yrs · since 2011
- 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.
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 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £8m | £5.4m | £6m |
| Cost of sales | — | £6.3m | £4.7m | £5.2m |
| Gross profit | — | £1.7m | £655k | £885k |
| Operating profit | — | £234k | −£391k | −£642k |
| Profit before tax | — | £233k | −£391k | −£642k |
| Profit after tax | — | £144k | −£315k | −£642k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £144k | −£315k | −£642k |
| Employees (average) | 5 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 1.8% | −5.8% | −10.6% |
| Gross margin | — | 21.6% | 12.1% | 14.6% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £801k | £491k | £503k |
| Profit per employee | — | £14.4k | −£28.6k | −£53.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼32.7% | ▲11.9% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼318.6% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▲10% | ▲9.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £507k | £532k | £864k | £488k |
| Net assets | £315k | £459k | £144k | −£498k |
| Fixed assets | £10.3k | £86k | £183k | £168k |
| Current assets | £1.9m | £2.6m | £3.2m | £1.9m |
| Debtors | £752k | £986k | £1m | £794k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −10.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 14.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £503k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£53.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.2%
- 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
- ▼445%
- Now −£498k
- Cash at bank
- ▼44%
- Now £488k
- Headcount
- ▲9%
- Now 12
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼9%
- Now £168k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Lightware Holding Zartkoruen Mukodo Resz (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Lightware Visual Engineering UK Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit −£642k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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