Lanacan Ltd
Registered name: LANACAN LTD
Lanacan Ltd made £1.2m revenue and £43.8k profit in the year to 30 Nov 2025.
Lanacan Ltd’s revenue grew 56% to £1.2m in the year to 30 Nov 2025, with £43.8k profit and 12 employees. The company is classified under “unlicensed restaurants and cafes” and is based in Reading; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Reading, South East
- Age
- 2 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 | 12 Nov 2023 | 30 Nov 2024 | 30 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £746k | £1.2m |
| Cost of sales | — | £211k | £377k |
| Gross profit | — | £535k | £785k |
| Operating profit | — | £163k | £60k |
| Profit before tax | — | £163k | £51k |
| Profit after tax | — | £151k | £43.8k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £151k | £43.8k |
| Employees (average) | — | 16 | 12 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | 20.2% | 3.8% |
| Gross margin | — | 71.7% | 67.6% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £46.6k | £96.8k |
| Profit per employee | — | £9.4k | £3.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲55.7% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼71% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▼25% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | — | £72.7k | £165k |
| Net assets | — | £151k | £72.9k |
| Fixed assets | £0 | £162k | £251k |
| Current assets | — | £84.1k | £214k |
| Debtors | — | £0 | £13k |
| Source | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 67.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £96.8k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 21.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.1%
- 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
- ▼52%
- Now £72.9k
- Cash at bank
- ▲128%
- Now £165k
- Headcount
- ▼25%
- Now 12
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲55%
- Now £251k
Similar profitable businesses
- Fatima Cafe Bristol 1 LtdNewport · Unlicensed restaurants and cafes
- Revenue
- £1.2m
- Profit
- £135k
- Staff
- 21
- Cusu Services LimitedCoventry · Unlicensed restaurants and cafes
- Revenue
- £1.1m
- Profit
- £67.4k
- Staff
- 24
- Shakespeare Coffee and Bistro LtdLondon · Unlicensed restaurants and cafes
- Revenue
- £1.3m
- Profit
- £32.5k
- Staff
- 20
- Peri Peri Food Hub LtdLondon · Unlicensed restaurants and cafes
- Revenue
- £960k
- Profit
- £92.8k
- Staff
- 1
- Blackstone Cafes LtdHove · Unlicensed restaurants and cafes
- Revenue
- £914k
- Profit
- £67.1k
- Staff
- 27
- Food Q8 LtdLondon · Unlicensed restaurants and cafes
- Revenue
- £862k
- Profit
- £252k
- Staff
- 7
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Nov 2025 (profit £43.8k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Contains public sector information from Companies House licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data from Companies House, © Crown copyright. View the licence.