Fabris Lane Ltd.
Registered name: FABRIS LANE LTD.
Part of Essilorluxottica Sa groupFabris Lane Ltd. made £3.5m revenue and £1m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Fabris Lane Ltd.’s revenue grew 2% to £3.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £1m profit and 9 employees. The company is classified under “other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London
- Age
- 29 yrs · since 1997
- 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) | £7.3m | £3.5m | £3.5m |
| Cost of sales | −£2.9m | −£2.2m | −£1.5m |
| Gross profit | £4.4m | £1.3m | £2m |
| Operating profit | £3.3m | £729k | £1.2m |
| Profit before tax | £3.4m | £1.4m | £1.3m |
| Profit after tax | £2.6m | £1.1m | £1m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.6m | £1.1m | £1m |
| Employees (average) | 14 | 9 | 9 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 36.1% | 32.2% | 29.7% |
| Gross margin | 60% | 37.8% | 57.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £522k | £387k | £393k |
| Profit per employee | £189k | £125k | £117k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼52.3% | ▲1.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼57.5% | ▼6.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼35.7% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 29.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 57.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £393k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £117k
- 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 9
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Essilorluxottica Sa (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Trifle Holdings Limited75–100%
- Fabris Lane Ltd.this company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (5)
- Emnuk LimitedRev. £0 · Profit £0
- Essilor LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Lenstec Optical Group LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
- Myoptique Group LtdFigures not disclosed
- Vision Direct Europe 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 £1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 21 Oct 2026
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