LF Solutions Limited
Registered name: LF SOLUTIONS LIMITED
Part of Aoi Holdings Ltd groupLF Solutions Limited made £20.3m revenue and £206k profit in the year to 28 Feb 2024.
LF Solutions Limited’s revenue fell 13% to £20.3m in the year to 28 Feb 2024, with £206k profit and 15 employees. The company is classified under “development of building projects” and is based in Northampton; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- In Administration
- Location
- Northampton, East Midlands
- 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. From the filing: “AOI Holdings Limited is regarded by the directors as being the company's ultimate parent company.The largest and smallest group in which the results of the company are consolidated is that headed by A”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 28 Feb 2022 | 28 Feb 2023 | 28 Feb 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £24m | £23.3m | £20.3m |
| Cost of sales | £22.2m | £21.3m | £18.4m |
| Gross profit | £1.8m | £2m | £1.9m |
| Operating profit | £499k | £369k | £323k |
| Profit before tax | £414k | £270k | £218k |
| Profit after tax | £353k | £183k | £206k |
| Profit (best available) | £353k | £183k | £206k |
| Staff costs | £828k | £966k | £841k |
| Employees (average) | 14 | 16 | 15 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 1.5% | 0.8% | 1% |
| Gross margin | 7.4% | 8.8% | 9.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.7m | £1.5m | £1.4m |
| Profit per employee | £25.2k | £11.4k | £13.7k |
| Cash conversion | −5.1% | −250.2% | 139.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼2.8% | ▼12.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼48.3% | ▲12.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲14.3% | ▼6.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £65.6k | £182k | £50k |
| Net assets | £2.1m | £2.1m | £2.2m |
| Fixed assets | £703k | £734k | £664k |
| Current assets | £7.7m | £7.2m | £7.2m |
| Debtors | £2.4m | £1.6m | £1.5m |
| Cash from operations | −£25.7k | −£923k | £451k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 9.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.4m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £13.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 139.5%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.5%
- 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
- ▲6%
- Now £2.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼73%
- Now £50k
- Headcount
- ▼6%
- Now 15
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼9%
- Now £664k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Aoi Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- LF Solutions Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- LF Infrastructure LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures 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 28 Feb 2024 (profit £206k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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