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Company No. 09273081 · Incorporated 21 Oct 2014

Instaloft Ltd

Registered name: INSTALOFT LTD

Part of Lapis Enterprises Holdings Limited group

Instaloft 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.

Full P&L filedSection F · ConstructionSIC 43290Other construction installation
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.

Latest accounts · year to 31 Oct 2022

Key figures

Capital-lightBoring industryCash flow filed
Revenue
£14.6m
Growth ▲9.4%
Profit
£1.4m
Growth ▼34.1%
Profit margin
9.6%
Gross 56.3%
Employees
122
Change ▲8.9%
Profit / employee
£11.5k
Revenue/employee £120k
Profitable streak
2yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

2 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Oct 202131 Oct 2022
DisclosureFull P&LFull 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)112122
Ratios
Profit margin15.9%9.6%
Gross margin58.6%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
SourceAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023
Derived from the latest filing

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.
Indirect — not revenue

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.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Lapis Enterprises Holdings Limitedultimate parent50–75%
  2. Lapis Home Limited75–100%
  3. Instaloft Ltdthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Sister companies (3)

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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