Lochay Homes Limited
Registered name: LOCHAY HOMES LIMITED
Part of Lochay Group Limited groupLochay Homes Limited made £18m revenue and £1.4m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025. read from filing text
Lochay Homes Limited’s revenue grew 79% to £18m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £1.4m profit and 14 employees. The company is classified under “construction of domestic buildings” and is based in Edinburgh; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Edinburgh, Scotland
- Age
- 16 yrs · since 2009
- Type
- Private Limited Company
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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £12.8m | £15.4m | £10m | £18m |
| Cost of sales | £10.7m | £13.4m | £8.7m | £15.5m |
| Gross profit | £2.1m | £2m | £1.4m | £2.5m |
| Operating profit | £1.7m | £1.5m | £920k | £1.9m |
| Profit before tax | £1.6m | £1.4m | £879k | £1.9m |
| Profit after tax | £1.3m | £1.1m | £721k | £1.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.3m | £1.1m | £721k | £1.4m |
| Staff costs | — | — | £982k | £1m |
| Employees (average) | 9 | 12 | 14 | 14 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 10.4% | 6.8% | 7.2% | 8% |
| Gross margin | 16.2% | 13% | 13.5% | 13.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.4m | £1.3m | £718k | £1.3m |
| Profit per employee | £148k | £87.6k | £51.5k | £103k |
| Cash conversion | −17.4% | 1.9% | 98% | −194.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲20.5% | ▼34.8% | ▲79% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼21% | ▼31.4% | ▲100% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲33.3% | ▲16.7% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £382k | £1.5m | £44.8k | £2.9m |
| Net assets | £4.9m | £7.2m | £7.9m | £8.9m |
| Fixed assets | £203k | £317k | £338k | £322k |
| Current assets | £9.1m | £9.5m | £11.2m | £11.5m |
| Debtors | £158k | £170k | £362k | £108k |
| Deferred income | £572k | £639k | £737k | £1.1m |
| Cash from operations | −£303k | £28.2k | £902k | −£3.8m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 13.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.3m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £103k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −194.5%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 5.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.6%
- 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
- ▲13%
- Now £8.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲6324%
- Now £2.9m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 14
- Deferred income
- ▲45%
- Now £1.1m
- Fixed assets
- ▼5%
- Now £322k
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
- Lochay Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Lochay Homes Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Lochay Properties LimitedRev. — · Profit −£2.9k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £1.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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