Lancaster Gate Assistance Ltd
Registered name: LANCASTER GATE ASSISTANCE LTD
Part of Lexham Insurance Consultants Limited groupLancaster Gate Assistance Ltd made £8.8m revenue and £832k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Lancaster Gate Assistance Ltd’s revenue fell 8% to £8.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £832k profit and 78 employees. The company is classified under “renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles” and is based in Diss; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Diss, East of England
- Age
- 4 yrs · since 2022
- 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 | 8 Nov 2022 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £8m | £9.5m | £8.8m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £3.1m | £3.6m | £3.4m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £4.9m | £6m | £5.4m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £1.9m | £2.3m | £1.1m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £1.9m | £2.3m | £1.1m |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £1.5m | £1.7m | £832k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £1.5m | £1.7m | £832k |
| Staff costs | — | £0 | £1.8m | £2.3m | £2.5m |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 | 61 | 77 | 78 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 18.3% | 18.1% | 9.5% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 61.1% | 62.6% | 60.9% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £132k | £124k | £113k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £24.2k | £22.4k | £10.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲18.6% | ▼7.8% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲16.9% | ▼51.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | — | ▲26.2% | ▲1.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | — | £1.6k | £109k | £97k | £158k |
| Net assets | — | −£15.6k | £1.5m | £3.2m | £4m |
| Fixed assets | — | £57k | £1m | £979k | £1m |
| Current assets | — | £75.8k | £6.3m | £7.5m | £7.5m |
| Debtors | — | £0 | £4.4m | £6.4m | £6.2m |
| Deferred income | — | £4.9k | £78.5k | £82k | £202k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 9.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 60.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £113k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £10.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 11.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 70.6%
- 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
- ▲26%
- Now £4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲63%
- Now £158k
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 78
- Deferred income
- ▲147%
- Now £202k
- Fixed assets
- ▲6%
- Now £1m
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
- Lexham Insurance Consultants Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Lancaster Gate Assistance Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Lancaster Gate Services LtdFigures not disclosed
- Lancaster Gate Vehicle Hire LtdFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (5)
- Cam Legal Services LtdFigures not disclosed
- LXM Management LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Marble Arch Claims Services LtdFigures not disclosed
- Marble Arch Insurance LtdFigures not disclosed
- Marble Arch Underwriting LtdFigures not disclosed
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 2025 (profit £832k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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