Lyma Life Limited
Registered name: LYMA LIFE LIMITED
Lyma Life Limited made £36.6m revenue and £4.2m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Lyma Life Limited’s revenue grew 24% to £36.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £4.2m profit and 41 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of perfumes and toilet preparations” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 9 yrs · since 2017
- 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 | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £23.3m | £32.6m | £29.6m | £36.6m |
| Cost of sales | £7.3m | £10.7m | £9.8m | £11.8m |
| Gross profit | £16m | £21.8m | £19.8m | £24.8m |
| Operating profit | £4.1m | £3.5m | £6.6k | £5.2m |
| Profit before tax | £4m | £3.4m | −£4.4k | £5.2m |
| Profit after tax | £3.7m | £2.9m | £222k | £4.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.7m | £2.9m | £222k | £4.2m |
| Staff costs | £3m | £5.1m | £6.4m | £5.7m |
| Employees (average) | 26 | 38 | 44 | 41 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 16% | 8.9% | 0.8% | 11.6% |
| Gross margin | 68.7% | 67% | 66.9% | 67.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £895k | £857k | £672k | £892k |
| Profit per employee | £143k | £76k | £5k | £103k |
| Cash conversion | −73.7% | −123.5% | 8656% | −83.4% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲40% | ▼9.2% | ▲23.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼22.4% | ▼92.3% | ▲1803% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲46.2% | ▲15.8% | ▼6.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £4.4m | £7.7m | £6.2m | £9.8m |
| Net assets | £6.3m | £9.3m | £9.6m | £13.8m |
| Fixed assets | £310k | £357k | £521k | £1m |
| Current assets | £9m | £13.5m | £11.8m | £16.7m |
| Debtors | £495k | £701k | £691k | £1.7m |
| Deferred income | £911k | £1m | £481k | £918k |
| Cash from operations | −£3m | −£4.3m | £567k | −£4.4m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 11.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 67.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £892k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £103k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −83.4%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 4.5%
- 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
- ▲45%
- Now £13.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲58%
- Now £9.8m
- Headcount
- ▼7%
- Now 41
- Deferred income
- ▲91%
- Now £918k
- Fixed assets
- ▲93%
- Now £1m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £4.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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