LB Financial Solutions Limited
Registered name: LB FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS LIMITED
Part of Affinia Group Holdings Limited groupLB Financial Solutions Limited made £679k revenue and a £55.2k loss in the year to 31 Aug 2023. read from filing text
LB Financial Solutions Limited’s revenue fell 48% to £679k in the year to 31 Aug 2023, with a loss of £55.2k and 11 employees. The company is classified under “financial management” and is based in Chelmsford; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chelmsford, East of England
- Age
- 14 yrs · since 2012
- 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 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.3m | £679k |
| Cost of sales | £995k | £704k |
| Gross profit | £312k | −£25.7k |
| Operating profit | £188k | −£164k |
| Profit before tax | £187k | −£90.2k |
| Profit after tax | £152k | −£55.2k |
| Profit (best available) | £152k | −£55.2k |
| Employees (average) | 12 | 11 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 11.6% | −8.1% |
| Gross margin | 23.9% | −3.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £109k | £61.7k |
| Profit per employee | £12.6k | −£5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼48.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼136.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼8.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £22.5k | £21.3k |
| Net assets | £179k | £16.1k |
| Fixed assets | £2.4k | £1.6k |
| Current assets | £312k | £94.2k |
| Debtors | £15.8k | £5.4k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −8.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- −3.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £61.7k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- 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
- ▼91%
- Now £16.1k
- Cash at bank
- ▼5%
- Now £21.3k
- Headcount
- ▼8%
- Now 11
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼33%
- Now £1.6k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Affinia Group Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- LB Financial Solutions Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- LB Wealth Partners LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (10)
- Uhy Hacker Young LLPRev. £29.6m · Profit £8.3m
- Wiseman Topco LimitedRev. £28.9m · Profit −£1.5m
- Affinia Group Advisory LimitedRev. £1.7m · Profit £0
- Affinia Group Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Green and Purple LtdFigures not disclosed
- KRW Accountants LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Opass Billings Wilson & Honey LLPFigures not disclosed
- PK Group Ventures LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Platt Rushton LLPFigures not disclosed
- Richard Place Dobson Services 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 Aug 2023 (profit −£55.2k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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