Life Is a Lemon Ltd
Registered name: LIFE IS A LEMON LTD
Life Is a Lemon Ltd made £250k revenue and a £34.3k loss in the year to 31 Jul 2025.
Life Is a Lemon Ltd’s revenue fell 2% to £250k in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with a loss of £34.3k and 5 employees. The company is classified under “public houses and bars” and is based in Sheffield; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Sheffield, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 8 yrs · since 2018
- 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 Jul 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £256k | £250k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | −£13.1k | −£34.3k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | −£13.1k | −£34.3k |
| Staff costs | — | — | £115k | £124k |
| Employees (average) | — | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | −5.1% | −13.7% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £51.2k | £50k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | −£2.6k | −£6.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▼2.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | £26.9k | £24.7k | £5.8k | −£31.5k |
| Fixed assets | £3.3k | — | — | — |
| Current assets | £56k | £63.7k | £52.1k | £20.9k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −13.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £50k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£6.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- ▼644%
- Now −£31.5k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 5
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jul 2025 (profit −£34.3k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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