Lexicraft Limited
Registered name: LEXICRAFT LIMITED
Part of Raventa Limited groupLexicraft Limited made £3.2m revenue and £82.4k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Lexicraft Limited’s revenue fell 3% to £3.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £82.4k profit and 33 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of printed labels” and is based in Wirral; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Wirral, North West
- Age
- 72 yrs · since 1954
- 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 company's immediate parent company is Raventa Trading Limited. Raventa Trading Limited is owed by Raventa Limited. The registered office of the companies is 2 Prices Way, Bromborough Pool Business”
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 | 31 Dec 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) | £3.2m | £2.9m | £3.3m | £3.2m |
| Cost of sales | £1.5m | £1.4m | £1.5m | £1.7m |
| Gross profit | £1.7m | £1.5m | £1.7m | £1.5m |
| Operating profit | £522k | £252k | £429k | £136k |
| Profit before tax | £494k | £233k | £401k | £110k |
| Profit after tax | £402k | £170k | £303k | £82.4k |
| Profit (best available) | £402k | £170k | £303k | £82.4k |
| Employees (average) | 31 | 30 | 32 | 33 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 12.5% | 5.9% | 9.3% | 2.6% |
| Gross margin | 53.6% | 51.7% | 52.8% | 47.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £104k | £96.7k | £102k | £95.9k |
| Profit per employee | £13k | £5.7k | £9.5k | £2.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼10.2% | ▲12.5% | ▼3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼57.8% | ▲78.1% | ▼72.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼3.2% | ▲6.7% | ▲3.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £32k | £6.8k | £22.3k | £7.3k |
| Net assets | £2.5m | £1.9m | £2.2m | £1.5m |
| Fixed assets | £537k | £500k | £424k | £415k |
| Current assets | £2.7m | £2.1m | £2.4m | £2.1m |
| Debtors | £434k | £488k | £433k | £444k |
| Deferred income | £27.3k | £12.8k | £21.7k | £42.4k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 47.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £95.9k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 13.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14%
- 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
- ▼30%
- Now £1.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼68%
- Now £7.3k
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 33
- Deferred income
- ▲96%
- Now £42.4k
- Fixed assets
- ▼2%
- Now £415k
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
- Raventa Limited (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Lexicraft 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 2025 (profit £82.4k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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