Lords Group Trading PLC
Registered name: LORDS GROUP TRADING PLC
Lords Group Trading PLC made £473m revenue and a £4.2m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Lords Group Trading PLC’s revenue grew 8% to £473m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £4.2m and 975 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 7 yrs · since 2018
- Type
- Public 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 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £463m | £437m | £473m |
| Cost of sales | −£370m | −£351m | −£380m |
| Gross profit | £92.4m | £85.2m | £93m |
| Operating profit | £9.1m | £4.3m | £1.1m |
| Profit before tax | £3m | −£2.6m | −£5.2m |
| Profit after tax | £1.7m | −£1.8m | −£4.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.7m | −£1.8m | −£4.2m |
| Employees (average) | 926 | 945 | 975 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 0.4% | −0.4% | −0.9% |
| Gross margin | 20% | 19.5% | 19.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £500k | £462k | £485k |
| Profit per employee | £1.8k | −£1.9k | −£4.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼5.6% | ▲8.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼205% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2.1% | ▲3.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 19.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £485k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£4.3k
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 975
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (2)
- Lords Builders Merchants Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Lords Group Ventures LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£4.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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