Laytons LLP
Registered name: LAYTONS LLP
Part of Etl International Ag groupLaytons LLP made £11.9m revenue and £964k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Laytons LLP’s revenue grew 6% to £11.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £964k profit and 84 employees. The company is based in London; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 14 yrs · since 2011
- Type
- Limited Liability Partnership
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. From the filing: “ETL International AG”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £9.2m | £11.2m | £11.9m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £2m | £1.2m | £590k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £2m | £1.4m | £964k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £2m | £1.4m | £964k |
| Employees (average) | 63 | 67 | 69 | 93 | 84 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 21.3% | 12.9% | 8.1% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £134k | £120k | £141k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £28.5k | £15.5k | £11.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲20.8% | ▲6.5% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼26.6% | ▼33.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.3% | ▲3% | ▲34.8% | ▼9.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £249k | £75.6k | £177k | £74.5k | £687k |
| Net assets | £2.5m | £3.7m | £4.7m | £4m | £4.2m |
| Fixed assets | £399k | £269k | £200k | £223k | £158k |
| Current assets | £5m | £5.7m | £6.2m | £6.8m | £6.9m |
| Debtors | £2.4m | £3m | £2.7m | £2.6m | £2.5m |
| Deferred income | £422k | £29.7k | £45.5k | £260k | £868k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FilletedAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £141k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £11.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 7.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 21.3%
- 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
- ▲6%
- Now £4.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲822%
- Now £687k
- Headcount
- ▼10%
- Now 84
- Deferred income
- ▲234%
- Now £868k
- Fixed assets
- ▼29%
- Now £158k
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
- Etl International Ag (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Etl Holdings (UK) Ltd50–75%
- Glaisyers Solicitors LLP50–75%
- Laytons LLPthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (9)
- Baggy Nominees LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Laytons Management LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Laytons Secretaries LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Laytons Solicitors LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Laytons Trustee Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Laytrust LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Macemere LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Old Buildings Nominees LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sharlwood LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (3)
- Etl Management Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Glaisyers Trust Corporation LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Quinn Melville Barrow LLPFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £964k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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