Lookout Limited
Registered name: LOOKOUT LIMITED
Lookout Limited made £4.2m revenue and £148k profit in the year to 31 Jan 2026.
Lookout Limited’s revenue fell 19% to £4.2m in the year to 31 Jan 2026, with £148k profit and 17 employees. The company is classified under “information technology consultancy activities” and is based in Ascot; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ascot, South East
- Age
- 14 yrs · since 2012
- 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 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 | 31 Jan 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £7.2m | £5.2m | £4.2m |
| Operating profit | £358k | £252k | £202k |
| Profit before tax | £358k | £252k | £202k |
| Profit after tax | £283k | £161k | £148k |
| Profit (best available) | £283k | £161k | £148k |
| Employees (average) | 34 | 22 | 17 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 3.9% | 3.1% | 3.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £213k | £235k | £247k |
| Profit per employee | £8.3k | £7.3k | £8.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼28.7% | ▼18.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼43.2% | ▼7.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼35.3% | ▼22.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £247k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £8.7k
- 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
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼23%
- Now 17
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Jan 2026 (profit £148k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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