Factor Law Ltd
Registered name: FACTOR LAW LTD
Part of Factor Law Holdings Ltd groupFactor Law Ltd made £15.1m revenue and a £430k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024. read from filing text
Factor Law Ltd’s revenue fell 24% to £15.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £430k and 160 employees. The company is classified under “other professional, scientific and technical activities” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 7 yrs · since 2019
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently. From the filing: “The”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £25.1m | £20m | £15.1m |
| Cost of sales | £15.9m | £11.9m | £8.5m |
| Gross profit | £9.2m | £8.1m | £6.7m |
| Operating profit | −£546k | −£234k | −£429k |
| Profit before tax | −£527k | −£208k | −£430k |
| Profit after tax | −£495k | −£208k | −£430k |
| Profit (best available) | −£495k | −£208k | −£430k |
| Staff costs | £14.4m | £11.3m | £9.1m |
| Employees (average) | 253 | 189 | 160 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −2% | −1% | −2.8% |
| Gross margin | 36.6% | 40.5% | 44% |
| Revenue per employee | £99.4k | £106k | £94.6k |
| Profit per employee | −£2k | −£1.1k | −£2.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼20.6% | ▼24.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼25.3% | ▼15.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1.6m | £436k | £82.7k |
| Net assets | £3.6m | £3.4m | £3m |
| Fixed assets | £875k | £402k | £113k |
| Current assets | £9.3m | £8.2m | £5.9m |
| Debtors | £1.7m | £830k | £823k |
| Deferred income | £2.5m | £1.7m | £813k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −2.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 44%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £94.6k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£2.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 5.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 5.4%
- 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
- ▼13%
- Now £3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼81%
- Now £82.7k
- Headcount
- ▼15%
- Now 160
- Deferred income
- ▼52%
- Now £813k
- Fixed assets
- ▼72%
- Now £113k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Factor Law Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Factor Law Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
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 2024 (profit −£430k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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