Lantern Holdco Limited
Registered name: LANTERN HOLDCO LIMITED
Lantern Holdco Limited made £4m revenue and a £108k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Lantern Holdco Limited’s revenue fell 15% to £4m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £108k and 37 employees. The company is classified under “activities of production holding companies” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 8 yrs · since 2018
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £4.7m | £4m |
| Cost of sales | £2.1m | £3m |
| Gross profit | £2.6m | £978k |
| Operating profit | −£3.2m | −£18.9m |
| Profit before tax | −£5.8m | −£29.7m |
| Profit after tax | £39k | −£108k |
| Profit (best available) | £39k | −£108k |
| Employees (average) | 39 | 37 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 0.8% | −2.7% |
| Gross margin | 55.4% | 24.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £121k | £109k |
| Profit per employee | £1k | −£2.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼14.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼376.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼5.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £38k | £31k |
| Net assets | −£3.6m | −£3.7m |
| Fixed assets | £184m | £279m |
| Debtors | £0 | £0 |
| Deferred income | £130k | £93k |
| Cash from operations | £6.6m | −£4.8m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −2.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 24.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £109k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£2.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 6932%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- —
- Now −£3.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼18%
- Now £31k
- Headcount
- ▼5%
- Now 37
- Deferred income
- ▼28%
- Now £93k
- Fixed assets
- ▲52%
- Now £279m
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)
- Brockwell Holdings LimitedRev. — · Profit −£2.4m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit −£108k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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