Lenham Storage Company Limited
Registered name: LENHAM STORAGE COMPANY LIMITED
Lenham Storage Company Limited made £58.9m revenue and £633k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
Lenham Storage Company Limited’s revenue grew 10% to £58.9m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £633k profit and 562 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Crawley; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Crawley, South East
- Age
- 77 yrs · since 1949
- 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 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £49.3m | £50.1m | £53.6m | £58.9m |
| Cost of sales | £40.4m | £41m | £43.3m | £48.7m |
| Gross profit | £8.8m | £9m | £10.3m | £10.2m |
| Operating profit | £2m | £1.7m | £2m | £1.5m |
| Profit before tax | £1.7m | £1.3m | £1.5m | £889k |
| Profit after tax | £1.4m | £992k | £1.1m | £633k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.4m | £992k | £1.1m | £633k |
| Staff costs | £20.8m | £21.1m | £23.8m | £26.1m |
| Employees (average) | 508 | 531 | 538 | 562 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.8% | 2% | 2.1% | 1.1% |
| Gross margin | 18% | 18.1% | 19.3% | 17.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £97k | £94.3k | £99.7k | £105k |
| Profit per employee | £2.7k | £1.9k | £2.1k | £1.1k |
| Cash conversion | −3.8% | 90.6% | 212.9% | 240% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲1.6% | ▲7.1% | ▲9.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼28.1% | ▲11.4% | ▼42.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.5% | ▲1.3% | ▲4.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.6m | £827k | £571k | £208k |
| Net assets | £27.4m | £27.7m | £28.7m | £28.3m |
| Fixed assets | £30.1m | £31m | £36.9m | £37.7m |
| Current assets | £14.9m | £12.3m | £14.7m | £14.9m |
| Debtors | £10m | £8.6m | £10m | £11m |
| Deferred income | £1.7m | £1.4m | £1.1m | £673k |
| Cash from operations | −£73.7k | £1.5m | £4.2m | £3.7m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 17.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £105k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 240%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 63.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 18.6%
- 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
- ▼1%
- Now £28.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼64%
- Now £208k
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 562
- Deferred income
- ▼38%
- Now £673k
- Fixed assets
- ▲2%
- Now £37.7m
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 Aug 2025 (profit £633k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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