Lights Control Rigging Productions Ltd
Registered name: LIGHTS CONTROL RIGGING PRODUCTIONS LTD
Lights Control Rigging Productions Ltd made £17.7m revenue and £1.7m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Lights Control Rigging Productions Ltd’s revenue grew 41% to £17.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.7m profit and 56 employees. The company is classified under “renting and leasing of media entertainment equipment” and is based in Darwen; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Darwen, North West
- Age
- 10 yrs · since 2016
- Type
- Private Limited Company
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 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £12.5m | £12.5m | £17.7m |
| Cost of sales | — | £4.4m | £5.2m | £7.9m |
| Gross profit | — | £8.1m | £7.3m | £9.7m |
| Operating profit | — | £3.6m | £1.5m | £2.7m |
| Profit before tax | — | £2.8m | £1.2m | £2.3m |
| Profit after tax | — | £2.8m | £945k | £1.7m |
| Profit (best available) | — | £2.8m | £945k | £1.7m |
| Staff costs | — | £1.3m | £1.7m | £2.2m |
| Employees (average) | 26 | 38 | 45 | 56 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 22.3% | 7.6% | 9.8% |
| Gross margin | — | 65.1% | 58.3% | 55.2% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £329k | £278k | £315k |
| Profit per employee | — | £73.2k | £21k | £30.8k |
| Cash conversion | — | −144.3% | −317.6% | −248.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼0% | ▲41.4% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼66% | ▲82.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲46.2% | ▲18.4% | ▲24.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.7m | £1.2m | £1.8m | £2.2m |
| Net assets | £2.1m | £4.4m | £5.4m | £6.6m |
| Fixed assets | £7.1m | £7.6m | £10.2m | £12.6m |
| Current assets | £2.3m | £2.1m | £2.3m | £3m |
| Debtors | £487k | £390k | £441k | £528k |
| Deferred income | — | £41.4k | £252k | £322k |
| Cash from operations | — | −£5.1m | −£4.9m | −£6.7m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 9.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 55.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £315k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £30.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −248.9%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 71.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3%
- 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
- ▲22%
- Now £6.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲25%
- Now £2.2m
- Headcount
- ▲24%
- Now 56
- Deferred income
- ▲28%
- Now £322k
- Fixed assets
- ▲23%
- Now £12.6m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Production Box LtdFigures 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 2025 (profit £1.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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