G & a M Lawson Limited
Registered name: G & A M LAWSON LIMITED
G & a M Lawson Limited made £16.3m revenue and £1.1m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
G & a M Lawson Limited’s revenue grew 24% to £16.3m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £1.1m profit and 93 employees. The company is classified under “collection of non-hazardous waste” and is based in Workington; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Workington, North West
- Age
- 34 yrs · since 1992
- 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 | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10.1m | £11.4m | £13.1m | £16.3m |
| Cost of sales | £7.3m | £8.5m | £10.4m | £13.3m |
| Gross profit | £2.8m | £2.9m | £2.7m | £3m |
| Operating profit | £1.9m | £1.9m | £1.1m | £1.4m |
| Profit before tax | £1.9m | £2.3m | £1.4m | £1.4m |
| Profit after tax | £1.5m | £1.8m | £1.1m | £1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.5m | £1.8m | £1.1m | £1.1m |
| Staff costs | £3.7m | £4.3m | £5.3m | £6.4m |
| Employees (average) | 86 | 85 | 86 | 93 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 14.9% | 16% | 8.6% | 7% |
| Gross margin | 27.7% | 25.4% | 20.7% | 18.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £117k | £134k | £152k | £175k |
| Profit per employee | £17.5k | £21.5k | £13.2k | £12.2k |
| Cash conversion | −125.9% | −193.2% | 270.4% | 217.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲13% | ▲14.7% | ▲24.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲21.7% | ▼38.1% | ▲0.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼1.2% | ▲1.2% | ▲8.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.2m | £2m | £402k | £1.2m |
| Net assets | £17.2m | £19m | £20.1m | £21.3m |
| Fixed assets | £13.3m | £15.1m | £18.3m | £18.8m |
| Current assets | £7.4m | £7.6m | £6.8m | £7.1m |
| Debtors | £2.5m | £1.9m | £2.4m | £1.7m |
| Deferred income | £213k | £245k | £279k | £189k |
| Cash from operations | −£2.4m | −£3.8m | £2.9m | £3.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 18.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £175k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £12.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 217.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 115.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10.5%
- 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
- ▲6%
- Now £21.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲188%
- Now £1.2m
- Headcount
- ▲8%
- Now 93
- Deferred income
- ▼32%
- Now £189k
- Fixed assets
- ▲3%
- Now £18.8m
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 30 Sep 2025 (profit £1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 14 Oct 2026
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