Day Lewis Medical Limited
Registered name: DAY LEWIS MEDICAL LIMITED
Part of Day Lewis PLC groupDay Lewis Medical Limited made £269m revenue and £7.3m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026.
Day Lewis Medical Limited’s revenue fell 2% to £269m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with £7.3m profit. The company is classified under “wholesale of pharmaceutical goods” and is based in Croydon; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Croydon, London
- Age
- 41 yrs · since 1985
- 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 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £265m | £281m | £275m | £269m |
| Cost of sales | £240m | £246m | −£239m | −£235m |
| Gross profit | £25.9m | £35.1m | £36.2m | £34.5m |
| Operating profit | £7.3m | £15.2m | £13.3m | £8.7m |
| Profit before tax | £7.3m | £15.2m | £13.3m | £8.8m |
| Profit after tax | £6.5m | £14m | £12.3m | £7.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £6.5m | £14m | £12.3m | £7.3m |
| Staff costs | £5.6m | £6.4m | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 212 | 241 | — | — |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.5% | 5% | 4.5% | 2.7% |
| Gross margin | 9.8% | 12.5% | 13.2% | 12.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.3m | £1.2m | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £30.7k | £58.3k | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲5.8% | ▼2% | ▼2.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲115.7% | ▼12.6% | ▼40.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲13.7% | — | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.9m | £17.4m | — | — |
| Net assets | £40.9m | £54.9m | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £2.2m | £3.4m | — | — |
| Current assets | £81.9m | £89.3m | — | — |
| Debtors | £34.8m | £30.7m | — | — |
| Deferred income | £1.2m | £592k | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 12.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- 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
- —
- 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 —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Day Lewis PLCultimate parent75–100%
- Day Lewis Medical Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (17)
- A R Parmar LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Apm Healthcare LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Cradlecrest LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Day Lewis Properties LimitedFigures not disclosed
- East Midlands Pharma LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ebrington Wellcare LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Healthcare Drugstores LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Leach and Burton LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Medi Options LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Morden Pharma LtdFigures not disclosed
- Old Basing Pharma LtdFigures not disclosed
- Plymstock Wellcare LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
- Sedbury Pharma LtdFigures not disclosed
- Stargazer Drug Stores LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Stock Hill Medical Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Upminster Pharma LtdFigures not disclosed
- Walnut Road Torquay LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2026 (profit £7.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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