Lewco Holdings Limited
Registered name: LEWCO HOLDINGS LIMITED
Lewco Holdings Limited made £13.7m revenue and £192k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Lewco Holdings Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £13.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £192k profit and 344 employees. The company is classified under “unlicensed restaurants and cafes” and is based in Derby; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Derby, East Midlands
- 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 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £12.5m | £13.6m | £13.7m |
| Cost of sales | £4.6m | £5m | £4.8m |
| Gross profit | £7.8m | £8.6m | £8.9m |
| Operating profit | −£504k | −£95.5k | £291k |
| Profit before tax | −£565k | −£132k | £224k |
| Profit after tax | −£461k | −£136k | £192k |
| Profit (best available) | −£461k | −£136k | £192k |
| Staff costs | £4m | £4.2m | £4.1m |
| Employees (average) | 401 | 333 | 344 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −3.7% | −1% | 1.4% |
| Gross margin | 63% | 63.3% | 65.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £31.1k | £41k | £39.9k |
| Profit per employee | −£1.1k | −£408 | £557 |
| Cash conversion | — | — | −260.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲9.4% | ▲0.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼17% | ▲3.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1.6m | £1.3m | £1.6m |
| Net assets | £53.2k | −£120k | £11.8k |
| Fixed assets | £1.8m | £2m | £1.7m |
| Current assets | £1.9m | £1.5m | £1.8m |
| Debtors | £2.1k | £176 | £0 |
| Cash from operations | −£556k | −£770k | −£758k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 65.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £39.9k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £557
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −260.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 12.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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 £11.8k
- Cash at bank
- ▲27%
- Now £1.6m
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 344
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼15%
- Now £1.7m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £192k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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