Labb Ltd
Registered name: LABB LTD
Part of Software Consulting Group Limited groupLabb Ltd made £1.4m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2023 (revenue not disclosed).
Labb Ltd reported £1.4m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2023, up 68% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 30 employees. The company is classified under “other software publishing” and is based in Brighton; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Brighton, South East
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2014
- 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
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — |
| Profit after tax | £841k | £1.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £841k | £1.4m |
| Employees (average) | 27 | 30 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £31.2k | £47.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Profit growth | — | ▲68.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲11.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £550k | £827k |
| Net assets | £238k | £725k |
| Fixed assets | £19.9k | £98k |
| Current assets | £1.2m | £1.5m |
| Debtors | £504k | £569k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £47.2k
- 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
- ▲204%
- Now £725k
- Cash at bank
- ▲50%
- Now £827k
- Headcount
- ▲11%
- Now 30
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲391%
- Now £98k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Software Consulting Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Labb Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Netbuilder Digital LtdFigures not disclosed
- Software Consulting Nominee LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Tsi Corporate 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 Dec 2023 (profit £1.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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