Lyon Equipment Limited
Registered name: LYON EQUIPMENT LIMITED
Lyon Equipment Limited made £16.4m revenue and £942 profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Lyon Equipment Limited’s revenue was £16.4m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £942 profit and 101 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other wearing apparel and accessories” and is based in Penrith; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Penrith, North West
- Age
- 31 yrs · since 1995
- 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 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £16.8m | £17.2m | £16.5m | £16.4m |
| Cost of sales | £10.8m | £11.5m | £11.1m | £11m |
| Gross profit | £6m | £5.6m | £5.4m | £5.5m |
| Operating profit | £1.6m | £1.1m | £501k | −£17.7k |
| Profit before tax | £1.6m | £1.1m | £521k | £16.1k |
| Profit after tax | £1.2m | £937k | £463k | £942 |
| Profit (best available) | £1.2m | £937k | £463k | £942 |
| Staff costs | £3.1m | £3.3m | £3.6m | £3.8m |
| Employees (average) | 91 | 90 | 94 | 101 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 7.4% | 5.5% | 2.8% | 0% |
| Gross margin | 36% | 32.8% | 32.6% | 33.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £185k | £191k | £176k | £163k |
| Profit per employee | £13.6k | £10.4k | £4.9k | £9 |
| Cash conversion | −103.5% | 90.5% | −184.8% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲2.1% | ▼3.8% | ▼0.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼24.3% | ▼50.6% | ▼99.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼1.1% | ▲4.4% | ▲7.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £5.5m | £1.3m | £1.4m | £2.1m |
| Net assets | £13.5m | £11.7m | £11.6m | £11.3m |
| Fixed assets | £3.3m | £3.2m | £3.1m | £3m |
| Current assets | £12.7m | £10.3m | £10.1m | £9.6m |
| Debtors | £2m | £2.6m | £2m | £2m |
| Cash from operations | −£1.7m | £1m | −£926k | −£1.4m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 33.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £163k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £9
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 18.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 12%
- 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
- ▼3%
- Now £11.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲53%
- Now £2.1m
- Headcount
- ▲7%
- Now 101
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼2%
- Now £3m
Group structure
Minority corporate shareholders
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £942), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 22 Oct 2026
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