NLC Group of Companies Limited
Registered name: NLC GROUP OF COMPANIES LIMITED
NLC Group of Companies Limited made £167m revenue and £5.3m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
NLC Group of Companies Limited’s revenue grew 21% to £167m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £5.3m profit and 548 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in Poole; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Poole
- Age
- 31 yrs · since 1994
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £130m | £138m | £167m |
| Cost of sales | −£87.9m | −£92m | −£105m |
| Gross profit | £42.1m | £46m | £61.6m |
| Operating profit | £1.9m | £3.4m | £8.4m |
| Profit before tax | £1.2m | £2.7m | £7.3m |
| Profit after tax | £528k | £1.5m | £5.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £528k | £1.5m | £5.3m |
| Employees (average) | 516 | 519 | 548 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 0.4% | 1.1% | 3.2% |
| Gross margin | 32.4% | 33.4% | 36.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £252k | £266k | £305k |
| Profit per employee | £1k | £2.8k | £9.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲6.2% | ▲21.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲177.3% | ▲263.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲0.6% | ▲5.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 36.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £305k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £9.7k
- 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
- —
- 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
- ▲6%
- Now 548
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (12)
- Poole Lighting LimitedRev. £63.5m · Profit £4.3m
- Brand Tech LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Endon Lighting LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Genesis 1:3 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Helix Brands LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Livora Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Northern Lights (Chesterfield) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Orion Warehouse Services LtdFigures not disclosed
- Saxby Lighting LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Vestium Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Vogue Lighting LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Willow and Hall LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £5.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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