Instaloft Ltd
Registered name: INSTALOFT LTD
Part of Lapis Enterprises Holdings Limited groupInstaloft Ltd made £14.6m revenue and £1.4m profit in the year to 31 Oct 2022.
Instaloft Ltd’s revenue grew 9% to £14.6m in the year to 31 Oct 2022, with £1.4m profit and 122 employees. The company is classified under “other construction installation” and is based in Telford; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Telford, West Midlands
- Age
- 11 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
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Oct 2021 | 31 Oct 2022 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £13.4m | £14.6m |
| Cost of sales | £5.5m | £6.4m |
| Gross profit | £7.8m | £8.2m |
| Operating profit | £2.4m | £1.5m |
| Profit before tax | £2.6m | £1.7m |
| Profit after tax | £2.1m | £1.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.1m | £1.4m |
| Staff costs | £3.2m | £3.7m |
| Employees (average) | 112 | 122 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 15.9% | 9.6% |
| Gross margin | 58.6% | 56.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £119k | £120k |
| Profit per employee | £19k | £11.5k |
| Cash conversion | −58.4% | 23.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲9.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼34.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲8.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £2.3m | £982k |
| Net assets | £3.2m | £4.2m |
| Fixed assets | £546k | £533k |
| Current assets | £4.6m | £5.7m |
| Debtors | £330k | £368k |
| Deferred income | £0 | £18.1k |
| Cash from operations | −£1.4m | £368k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 9.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 56.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £120k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £11.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 23.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.5%
- 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
- ▲30%
- Now £4.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼57%
- Now £982k
- Headcount
- ▲9%
- Now 122
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £18.1k
- Fixed assets
- ▼2%
- Now £533k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Lapis Enterprises Holdings Limitedultimate parent50–75%
- Lapis Home Limited75–100%
- Instaloft Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Garageflex LtdFigures not disclosed
- Instaspark LtdFigures not disclosed
- The Storage Nook Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Oct 2022 (profit £1.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2023. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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