Lanyon Bowdler LLP
Registered name: LANYON BOWDLER LLP
Lanyon Bowdler LLP made £16.6m revenue and £4.7m profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Lanyon Bowdler LLP’s revenue grew 4% to £16.6m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £4.7m profit and 211 employees. The company is based in Shrewsbury; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Shrewsbury, West Midlands
- Age
- 16 yrs · since 2010
- 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 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £14.2m | £14.7m | £16m | £16.6m |
| Gross profit | £14.2m | £14.7m | £16m | £16.6m |
| Operating profit | £3.6m | £3m | £4.2m | £4.2m |
| Profit before tax | £3.5m | £3.1m | £4.5m | £4.7m |
| Profit after tax | £3.5m | £3.1m | £4.5m | £4.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.5m | £3.1m | £4.5m | £4.7m |
| Staff costs | £6.7m | £7.2m | £6.9m | £6.9m |
| Employees (average) | 243 | 239 | 224 | 211 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 24.3% | 20.8% | 28.3% | 28.4% |
| Gross margin | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Revenue per employee | £58.5k | £61.7k | £71.4k | £78.6k |
| Profit per employee | £14.2k | £12.8k | £20.3k | £22.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲3.7% | ▲8.5% | ▲3.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼11.3% | ▲48% | ▲3.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼1.7% | ▼6.3% | ▼5.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £232k | £48.8k | £20.9k | £19.1k |
| Net assets | £12.2m | £11.9m | £12.9m | £14m |
| Fixed assets | £2.1m | £2.1m | £1.9m | £2.8m |
| Current assets | £14.2m | £14.7m | £15.4m | £15.8m |
| Debtors | £2m | £2.1m | £2.9m | £2.2m |
| Deferred income | £472k | £588k | £643k | £639k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 28.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 100%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £78.6k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £22.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 17.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.3%
- 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
- ▲8%
- Now £14m
- Cash at bank
- ▼9%
- Now £19.1k
- Headcount
- ▼6%
- Now 211
- Deferred income
- ▼1%
- Now £639k
- Fixed assets
- ▲47%
- Now £2.8m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Lanyon Bowdler Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £4.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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