Lubriage Ltd
Registered name: LUBRIAGE LTD
Part of Mannol Holdings Ltd groupLubriage Ltd made £57.6m revenue and £2.4m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2023.
Lubriage Ltd’s revenue grew 98% to £57.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2023, with £2.4m profit and 32 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of other fuels and related products” and is based in Northampton; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Liquidation
- Location
- Northampton, East Midlands
- Age
- 11 yrs · since 2015
- 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 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £29.1m | £57.6m |
| Cost of sales | £22.5m | £52.6m |
| Gross profit | £6.6m | £5m |
| Operating profit | £4.1m | £3.1m |
| Profit before tax | £4.1m | £3m |
| Profit after tax | £3.3m | £2.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.3m | £2.4m |
| Staff costs | £949k | £957k |
| Employees (average) | 27 | 32 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 11.5% | 4.2% |
| Gross margin | 22.6% | 8.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.1m | £1.8m |
| Profit per employee | £124k | £75.3k |
| Cash conversion | −10.6% | −41.3% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲98% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼28% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲18.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £28.2k | £53.9k |
| Net assets | £2.9m | £5.3m |
| Fixed assets | £418k | £1.3m |
| Current assets | £30m | £62.1m |
| Debtors | £15.1m | £39.1m |
| Cash from operations | −£438k | −£1.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 8.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.8m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £75.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −41.3%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 67.9%
- 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
- ▲84%
- Now £5.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲92%
- Now £53.9k
- Headcount
- ▲19%
- Now 32
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲212%
- Now £1.3m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Mannol Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Lubriage Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
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 £2.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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