Linklaters LLP
Registered name: LINKLATERS LLP
Linklaters LLP made £2.3bn revenue and £675m profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Linklaters LLP’s revenue grew 10% to £2.3bn in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £675m profit and 5,613 employees. The company is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 19 yrs · since 2007
- Type
- Limited Liability Partnership
Partnership. Profit is shown before the partners' own pay, so margins aren't comparable with a limited company. 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 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £2.1bn | £2.3bn |
| Operating profit | £689m | £737m |
| Profit before tax | £683m | £717m |
| Profit after tax | £643m | £675m |
| Profit (best available) | £643m | £675m |
| Employees (average) | 5,676 | 5,613 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 31% | 29.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £365k | £406k |
| Profit per employee | £113k | £120k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲9.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲5.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼1.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 29.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £406k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £120k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼1%
- Now 5,613
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (6)
- CMPP Investments LtdFigures not disclosed
- Hackwood Nominees LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Linklaters (Europe) HoldingsFigures not disclosed
- Linklaters Business Services HoldingsFigures not disclosed
- Linklaters CisFigures not disclosed
- Linklaters Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £675m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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