F K Lowry Limited
Registered name: F K LOWRY LIMITED
Part of Lagan Ground Engineering Holdings Limited groupF K Lowry Limited made £6.8m revenue and a £984k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
F K Lowry Limited’s revenue fell 54% to £6.8m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £984k and 34 employees. The company is classified under “site preparation” and is based in Belfast; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Belfast, Northern Ireland
- Age
- 44 yrs · since 1981
- 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 | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15.1m | £12.6m | £14.8m | £6.8m |
| Cost of sales | £13.9m | £11.4m | £13.4m | £7.4m |
| Gross profit | £1.2m | £1.2m | £1.4m | −£538k |
| Profit before tax | £348k | £30.1k | £247k | −£1.3m |
| Profit after tax | £402k | −£15.2k | £275k | −£984k |
| Profit (best available) | £402k | −£15.2k | £275k | −£984k |
| Employees (average) | 43 | 40 | 0 | 34 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.7% | −0.1% | 1.8% | −14.4% |
| Gross margin | 8.1% | 9.3% | 9.5% | −7.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £352k | £314k | — | £201k |
| Profit per employee | £9.3k | −£381 | — | −£28.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼17% | ▲18.2% | ▼54% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼103.8% | — | ▼457.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼7% | ▼100% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £4.3m | £2.3m | £1.2m | £581k |
| Net assets | £5.7m | £3.9m | £3.1m | £2m |
| Fixed assets | £725k | £725k | £725k | £4 |
| Current assets | £7.5m | £5.5m | £4.7m | £3.6m |
| Debtors | £868k | £865k | £949k | £242k |
| Deferred income | £1.3m | £648k | £625k | £545k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −14.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- −7.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £201k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£28.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3.5%
- 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
- ▼34%
- Now £2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼52%
- Now £581k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 34
- Deferred income
- ▼13%
- Now £545k
- Fixed assets
- ▼100%
- Now £4
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
- Lagan Ground Engineering Holdings Limited (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- F K Lowry Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit −£984k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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