LPR - La Palette Rouge (GB) Limited
Registered name: LPR - LA PALETTE ROUGE (GB) LIMITED
LPR - La Palette Rouge (GB) Limited made £94.1m revenue and £2.8m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
LPR - La Palette Rouge (GB) Limited’s revenue grew 5% to £94.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £2.8m profit and 55 employees. The company is classified under “other transportation support activities” and is based in Studley; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Studley, West Midlands
- Age
- 13 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 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £83.2m | £89.7m | £94.1m |
| Cost of sales | £72.7m | £81.8m | £85m |
| Gross profit | £10.4m | £7.9m | £9.1m |
| Operating profit | £3.8m | £4.3m | £3.3m |
| Profit before tax | £4m | £5m | £3.7m |
| Profit after tax | £3m | £3.8m | £2.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £3m | £3.8m | £2.8m |
| Employees (average) | 54 | 54 | 55 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 3.7% | 4.2% | 3% |
| Gross margin | 12.6% | 8.8% | 9.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.5m | £1.7m | £1.7m |
| Profit per employee | £56.3k | £69.9k | £50.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲7.8% | ▲5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲24.1% | ▼26% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲1.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1.5m | £9.1m | £2.4m |
| Net assets | £4.6m | £4.3m | £3.1m |
| Fixed assets | £3.9m | £3.8m | £3.3m |
| Debtors | £19.8m | £16.8m | £17.5m |
| Deferred income | £3.2m | £5.1m | £4.8m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 9.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.7m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £50.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 5.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 18.6%
- 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
- ▼28%
- Now £3.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼74%
- Now £2.4m
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 55
- Deferred income
- ▼5%
- Now £4.8m
- Fixed assets
- ▼14%
- Now £3.3m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £2.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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