Luke Roper Holdings Limited
Registered name: LUKE ROPER HOLDINGS LIMITED
Part of Luke1977 (Bicester) Limited groupLuke Roper Holdings Limited made £14.5m revenue and £480k profit in the year to 31 Jan 2025. read from filing text
Luke Roper Holdings Limited’s revenue fell 11% to £14.5m in the year to 31 Jan 2025, with £480k profit and 141 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in Bicester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bicester, South East
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2014
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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 Jan 2022 | 31 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £16.3m | £17.2m | £16.2m | £14.5m |
| Cost of sales | £8.5m | £9.2m | £8.3m | £6.7m |
| Gross profit | £7.8m | £8m | £8m | £7.8m |
| Operating profit | £2.4m | £1m | £1m | £575k |
| Profit before tax | £2.4m | £1m | £1m | £642k |
| Profit after tax | £1.9m | £788k | £726k | £480k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.9m | £788k | £726k | £480k |
| Employees (average) | 123 | 144 | 139 | 141 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 11.9% | 4.6% | 4.5% | 3.3% |
| Gross margin | 48% | 46.4% | 49.2% | 53.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £133k | £119k | £117k | £103k |
| Profit per employee | £15.8k | £5.5k | £5.2k | £3.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲5.2% | ▼5.5% | ▼10.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼59.4% | ▼8% | ▼33.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲17.1% | ▼3.5% | ▲1.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £680 | £882 | £1.4k | £1.4k |
| Net assets | £300 | £300 | £300 | £300 |
| Fixed assets | £300 | £300 | £300 | £300 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 53.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £103k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- 0%
- Now £300
- Cash at bank
- 0%
- Now £1.4k
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 141
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- 0%
- Now £300
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Luke1977 (Bicester) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Luke Roper Holdings Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Luke Roper LimitedRev. £12.3m · Profit £527k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jan 2025 (profit £480k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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