Lioncroft Wholesale Limited
Registered name: LIONCROFT WHOLESALE LIMITED
Part of Lioncroft Holdings Limited groupLioncroft Wholesale Limited made £148m revenue and a £1.5m loss in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Lioncroft Wholesale Limited’s revenue fell 10% to £148m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with a loss of £1.5m and 190 employees. The company is classified under “non-specialised wholesale trade” and is based in Birmingham; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Birmingham, West Midlands
- Age
- 6 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £164m | £148m |
| Cost of sales | £155m | £140m |
| Gross profit | £8.6m | £7.6m |
| Operating profit | −£396k | −£1.2m |
| Profit before tax | −£434k | −£1.4m |
| Profit after tax | −£585k | −£1.5m |
| Profit (best available) | −£585k | −£1.5m |
| Employees (average) | 185 | 190 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −0.4% | −1% |
| Gross margin | 5.3% | 5.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £885k | £779k |
| Profit per employee | −£3.2k | −£7.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼9.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £752k | £50.4k |
| Net assets | £4.8m | £3.3m |
| Fixed assets | £9.8m | £9.6m |
| Current assets | £24m | £22.3m |
| Debtors | £801k | £925k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 5.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £779k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£7.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 6.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.6%
- 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
- ▼31%
- Now £3.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼93%
- Now £50.4k
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 190
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼2%
- Now £9.6m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Lioncroft Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Lioncroft Wholesale Limitedthis 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 30 Apr 2025 (profit −£1.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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