Lamb & Gardiner Limited
Registered name: LAMB & GARDINER LIMITED
Lamb & Gardiner Limited made £30.8m revenue and £1.3m profit in the year to 31 May 2025.
Lamb & Gardiner Limited’s revenue grew 12% to £30.8m in the year to 31 May 2025, with £1.3m profit and 71 employees. The company is classified under “sale of new cars and light motor vehicles” and is based in Angus; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Angus, Scotland
- Age
- 24 yrs · since 2002
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 May 2022 | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £24m | £27.4m | £27.6m | £30.8m |
| Cost of sales | £22.4m | £25.3m | £26.1m | £27.7m |
| Gross profit | £1.6m | £2.1m | £1.5m | £3.1m |
| Operating profit | £715k | £1.2m | £278k | £1.5m |
| Profit before tax | £712k | £1.2m | £277k | £1.5m |
| Profit after tax | £568k | £940k | £197k | £1.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £568k | £940k | £197k | £1.3m |
| Staff costs | £941k | £993k | £1.3m | — |
| Employees (average) | 41 | 48 | 58 | 71 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.4% | 3.4% | 0.7% | 4.4% |
| Gross margin | 6.6% | 7.6% | 5.4% | 10.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £585k | £571k | £476k | £434k |
| Profit per employee | £13.8k | £19.6k | £3.4k | £18.9k |
| Cash conversion | 140.1% | 10.1% | −284.5% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲14.3% | ▲0.7% | ▲11.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲65.5% | ▼79% | ▲581.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲17.1% | ▲20.8% | ▲22.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £5.5m | £2.3m | £2m | £1.5m |
| Net assets | £7.4m | £5.3m | £4.9m | £5.3m |
| Fixed assets | £2m | £2.1m | £3m | £3.8m |
| Current assets | £7.3m | £4.7m | £5.5m | £5m |
| Debtors | £286k | £501k | £447k | £305k |
| Deferred income | £101k | £132k | £131k | £141k |
| Cash from operations | £1m | £119k | −£790k | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 10.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £434k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £18.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 12.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.5%
- 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
- ▲7%
- Now £5.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼23%
- Now £1.5m
- Headcount
- ▲22%
- Now 71
- Deferred income
- ▲8%
- Now £141k
- Fixed assets
- ▲27%
- Now £3.8m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 May 2025 (profit £1.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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