Laura Wordsmith Limited
Registered name: LAURA WORDSMITH LIMITED
Laura Wordsmith Limited made £56.3k revenue and £6.8k profit in the year to 31 Jan 2025.
Laura Wordsmith Limited’s revenue fell 16% to £56.3k in the year to 31 Jan 2025, with £6.8k profit and 1 employee. The company is classified under “advertising agencies” and is based in York; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- York, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 3 yrs · since 2023
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £67.1k | £56.3k |
| Profit after tax | £23k | £6.8k |
| Profit (best available) | £23k | £6.8k |
| Staff costs | £17k | £37.5k |
| Employees (average) | 1 | 1 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 34.3% | 12.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £67.1k | £56.3k |
| Profit per employee | £23k | £6.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼16% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼70.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | £32.6k | £29.8k |
| Fixed assets | £544 | £480 |
| Current assets | £32.8k | £33.5k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 12.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £56.3k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.9%
- 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
- ▼9%
- Now £29.8k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 1
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼12%
- Now £480
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jan 2025 (profit £6.8k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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