L.r.d.publications Limited
Registered name: L.R.D.PUBLICATIONS LIMITED
Part of Labour Research Department groupL.r.d.publications Limited made £644k revenue and a £83.5k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024. read from filing text
L.r.d.publications Limited’s revenue was £644k in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £83.5k and 2 employees. The company is classified under “publishing of consumer and business journals and periodicals” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 74 yrs · since 1952
- 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. From the filing: “The ultimate controlling party is Labour Research Department being a 100% shareholder of the company.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £590k | £644k | £644k |
| Cost of sales | £236k | £232k | £237k |
| Gross profit | £354k | £412k | £407k |
| Profit before tax | −£75.3k | −£18.4k | −£83.5k |
| Profit after tax | −£75.3k | −£18.4k | −£83.5k |
| Profit (best available) | −£75.3k | −£18.4k | −£83.5k |
| Employees (average) | — | 0 | 2 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −12.8% | −2.9% | −13% |
| Gross margin | 60.1% | 63.9% | 63.1% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £322k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | −£41.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲9.2% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | — | £0 | £1.5k |
| Net assets | −£652k | −£671k | −£754k |
| Current assets | £22k | £37.6k | £31.5k |
| Debtors | £10.2k | £23.6k | £17.9k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −13%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 63.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £322k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£41.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.8%
- 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
- —
- Now −£754k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £1.5k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 2
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Labour Research Departmentultimate parent75–100%
- L.r.d.publications Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit −£83.5k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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