Lancer Scott Holdings Limited
Registered name: LANCER SCOTT HOLDINGS LIMITED
Lancer Scott Holdings Limited made £120m revenue and £3.5m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Lancer Scott Holdings Limited’s revenue grew 17% to £120m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £3.5m profit and 381 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Bristol; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bristol, South West
- Age
- 5 yrs · since 2021
- 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 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £86.9m | £103m | £120m |
| Cost of sales | −£72.8m | −£88m | −£99.3m |
| Gross profit | £14.1m | £14.7m | £20.4m |
| Operating profit | £989k | £3.1m | £5.4m |
| Profit before tax | £782k | £2.8m | £5.3m |
| Profit after tax | £204k | £1.9m | £3.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £204k | £1.9m | £3.5m |
| Employees (average) | 308 | 323 | 381 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 0.2% | 1.8% | 2.9% |
| Gross margin | 16.2% | 14.3% | 17% |
| Revenue per employee | £282k | £318k | £314k |
| Profit per employee | £663 | £5.8k | £9.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲18.2% | ▲16.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲816.4% | ▲87.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.9% | ▲18% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 17%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £314k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £9.2k
- 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
- ▲18%
- Now 381
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (4)
- Lancer Scott Facilities Management LimitedRev. £120m · Profit £4.6m
- Lancer Scott Construction LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Lancer Scott Construction West LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Lancer Scott LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £3.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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