The Lucky Onion LLP
Registered name: THE LUCKY ONION LLP
The Lucky Onion LLP made £6.6m revenue and a £882k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2024.
The Lucky Onion LLP’s revenue fell 8% to £6.6m in the year to 31 Mar 2024, with a loss of £882k and 106 employees. The company is based in Cheltenham; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cheltenham, South West
- 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 | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £11m | £7.1m | £6.6m |
| Cost of sales | −£3.2m | −£2.1m | −£1.8m |
| Gross profit | £7.8m | £5m | £4.8m |
| Operating profit | £9.9m | −£1.8m | −£882k |
| Profit after tax | £9.9m | −£1.8m | −£882k |
| Profit (best available) | £9.9m | −£1.8m | −£882k |
| Employees (average) | 176 | 124 | 106 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 90.3% | −25.3% | −13.4% |
| Gross margin | 71.1% | 70% | 72.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £62.5k | £57.4k | £62k |
| Profit per employee | £56.4k | −£14.5k | −£8.3k |
| Cash conversion | −0.3% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼35.3% | ▼7.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼118.1% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼29.5% | ▼14.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1.4m | £320k | £346k |
| Net assets | £12m | £10.1m | £9.5m |
| Fixed assets | £11.4m | £10.7m | £10m |
| Current assets | £2.5m | £1m | £1.1m |
| Debtors | £7.8k | £7.1k | £66.5k |
| Deferred income | £379k | £187k | £167k |
| Cash from operations | −£33.3k | −£898k | −£33.6k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −13.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 72.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £62k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£8.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 153%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 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
- ▼6%
- Now £9.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲8%
- Now £346k
- Headcount
- ▼15%
- Now 106
- Deferred income
- ▼11%
- Now £167k
- Fixed assets
- ▼6%
- Now £10m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Minority corporate shareholders
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2024 (profit −£882k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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