Solite Europe Limited
Registered name: SOLITE EUROPE LIMITED
Part of F.W. Thorpe Public Limited Company groupSolite Europe Limited made £5m revenue and £694k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Solite Europe Limited’s revenue grew 24% to £5m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £694k profit. The company is classified under “manufacture of electric lighting equipment” and is based in Redditch; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Redditch
- Age
- 38 yrs · since 1988
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £4.4m | £4m | £5m |
| Cost of sales | −£2.5m | −£2.1m | −£2.7m |
| Gross profit | £1.9m | £1.9m | £2.3m |
| Operating profit | £639k | £552k | £920k |
| Profit before tax | £642k | £560k | £925k |
| Profit after tax | £509k | £416k | £694k |
| Profit (best available) | £509k | £416k | £694k |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 11.6% | 10.3% | 13.9% |
| Gross margin | 42.4% | 47.4% | 45.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼7.8% | ▲23.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼18.3% | ▲66.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 13.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 45.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
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- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
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- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
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- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
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- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
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- 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
- F.W. Thorpe Public Limited Companyultimate parent75–100%
- Solite Europe Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Philip Payne LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Portland Lighting LimitedFigures not disclosed
- TRT Lighting LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit £694k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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