Autajon Labels Royston England Limited
Registered name: AUTAJON LABELS ROYSTON ENGLAND LIMITED
Part of Lagora NG UK Limited groupAutajon Labels Royston England Limited made £8.6m revenue and a £347k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Autajon Labels Royston England Limited’s revenue grew 8% to £8.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £347k and 69 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of printed labels” and is based in Royston; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Royston, East of England
- Age
- 31 yrs · since 1995
- 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 | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £9.6m | £8.9m | £5.8m | £7.9m | £8.6m |
| Cost of sales | £6.9m | £7m | £4.7m | £6.2m | £6.7m |
| Gross profit | £2.6m | £1.8m | £1.1m | £1.7m | £1.9m |
| Operating profit | £769k | −£108k | −£183k | −£109k | −£226k |
| Profit before tax | £681k | −£221k | −£266k | −£216k | −£308k |
| Profit after tax | £461k | −£181k | −£217k | −£175k | −£347k |
| Profit (best available) | £461k | −£181k | −£217k | −£175k | −£347k |
| Staff costs | £2.9m | £3m | £2m | £2.8m | £3m |
| Employees (average) | 76 | 75 | 73 | 68 | 69 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 4.8% | −2% | −3.8% | −2.2% | −4.1% |
| Gross margin | 27.5% | 20.8% | 19.4% | 21.3% | 21.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £126k | £118k | £79.2k | £116k | £124k |
| Profit per employee | £6.1k | −£2.4k | −£3k | −£2.6k | −£5k |
| Cash conversion | 156.6% | — | — | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼7% | — | — | ▲8.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼139.2% | — | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼1.3% | — | — | ▲1.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £1.6m | £1m | £892k | £785k | −£858k |
| Net assets | £5.3m | £5.1m | £4.9m | £4.7m | £4.4m |
| Fixed assets | £5.7m | £5.3m | £5m | £4.6m | £5.9m |
| Current assets | £4.2m | £3.7m | £3.1m | £2.7m | £2m |
| Debtors | £1.7m | £1.6m | £1.4m | £1.3m | £1.3m |
| Deferred income | £175k | £160k | £135k | £118k | £206k |
| Cash from operations | £1.2m | £198k | £220k | £426k | £448k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −4.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 21.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £124k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 69.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 15.7%
- 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
- ▼7%
- Now £4.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼209%
- Now −£858k
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 69
- Deferred income
- ▲76%
- Now £206k
- Fixed assets
- ▲28%
- Now £5.9m
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
- Lagora NG UK Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Autajon Labels Royston England Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Simply Cartons LimitedRev. £23.4m · Profit −£1.6m
- Simply Luxe LimitedRev. — · Profit £1.3m
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 −£347k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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