Litron Lasers Limited
Registered name: LITRON LASERS LIMITED
Part of Nilario Holding Limited groupLitron Lasers Limited made £11.9m revenue and £2.2m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Litron Lasers Limited’s revenue was £11.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £2.2m profit and 79 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of optical precision instruments” and is based in Warwickshire; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Warwickshire, West Midlands
- Age
- 29 yrs · since 1997
- 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 | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £9.3m | £8.9m | £9.1m | £12.5m | £11.9m |
| Profit before tax | £2.9m | £1.4m | £1.5m | £3.3m | £3.1m |
| Profit after tax | £2.6m | £1.4m | £1.3m | £2.5m | £2.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.6m | £1.4m | £1.3m | £2.5m | £2.2m |
| Staff costs | £2.7m | £3m | £3.3m | £3.8m | £3.5m |
| Employees (average) | 58 | 61 | 63 | 68 | 79 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 27.6% | 15.7% | 14.3% | 20.4% | 18.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £160k | £146k | £144k | £184k | £151k |
| Profit per employee | £44.1k | £23k | £20.6k | £37.4k | £27.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼4% | ▲1.7% | ▲37.8% | — |
| Profit growth | — | ▼45.2% | ▼7.3% | ▲96.1% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5.2% | ▲3.3% | ▲7.9% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £3.3m | £2.9m | £1.3m | £4.8m | £1.4m |
| Net assets | £7.4m | £7.9m | £8.3m | £8.4m | £10m |
| Fixed assets | £299k | £475k | £513k | £646k | £594k |
| Current assets | £8.2m | £8.3m | £8.7m | £12.3m | £12.8m |
| Debtors | £964k | £963k | £1.1m | £1.9m | £1.5m |
| Deferred income | £22.3k | £39.4k | £34.4k | £3.2m | £2.1m |
| Cash from operations | −£2m | −£1.4m | −£652k | −£3.7m | £1.9m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 18.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £151k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £27.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 18%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 12.2%
- 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 £10m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £1.4m
- Headcount
- —
- Now 79
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £2.1m
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £594k
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
- Nilario Holding Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Litron Lasers Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (3)
- Litron Optical LimitedRev. £0 · Profit £0
- Edgefine LimitedLiquidationFigures not disclosed
- Litron LimitedFigures not disclosed
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 £2.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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