Law Business Research Limited
Registered name: LAW BUSINESS RESEARCH LIMITED
Part of Loci Debtco Limited groupLaw Business Research Limited made £46.3m revenue and £6.8m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Law Business Research Limited’s revenue grew 7% to £46.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £6.8m profit and 423 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London
- Age
- 29 yrs · since 1996
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £39.4m | £43.4m | £46.3m |
| Cost of sales | −£2.5m | −£2.4m | −£2.9m |
| Gross profit | £36.9m | £41m | £43.4m |
| Operating profit | £3.3m | −£9.5m | £7.6m |
| Profit before tax | £106k | −£12.3m | £6.7m |
| Profit after tax | £89.4k | −£12.2m | £6.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £89.4k | −£12.2m | £6.8m |
| Employees (average) | 422 | 423 | 423 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 0.2% | −28% | 14.7% |
| Gross margin | 93.5% | 94.5% | 93.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £93.4k | £103k | £109k |
| Profit per employee | £212 | −£28.7k | £16.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲10% | ▲6.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼13689% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲0.2% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 14.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 93.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £109k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £16.1k
- 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
- 0%
- Now 423
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Loci Debtco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Loci Midco 1 Limited75–100%
- Loci Midco 2 Limited75–100%
- Loci Bidco Limited75–100%
- LBR UK Holdco Limited75–100%
- LBR UK Midco Limited75–100%
- LBR UK Bidco Limited75–100%
- Law Business Research Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (4)
- MBL (Seminars) LimitedRev. £14.2m · Profit £7.1m
- Alm Global (Emea) LtdRev. £7.4m · Profit £912k
- Inspire Business LimitedRev. £3.1m · Profit £28.7k
- Worldwide Legal Research LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (1)
- Globe Business Publishing LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £6.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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