Lyle & Scott Limited
Registered name: LYLE & SCOTT LIMITED
Part of Ellaness Holdings Limited groupLyle & Scott Limited made £76.4m revenue and £7.8m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026.
Lyle & Scott Limited’s revenue grew 2% to £76.4m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with £7.8m profit and 151 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of clothing and footwear” and is based in London; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 25 yrs · since 2000
- 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 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £67.6m | £71.9m | £71.1m | £74.9m | £76.4m |
| Cost of sales | £37.5m | £45.2m | −£42.9m | −£42.9m | −£37.6m |
| Gross profit | £30m | £26.6m | £28.2m | £32m | £38.9m |
| Operating profit | £14.3m | £13.3m | £5.2m | £5.9m | £10.5m |
| Profit before tax | £14.3m | £13.1m | £4.9m | £5.8m | £10.6m |
| Profit after tax | £11.5m | £10.6m | £3.6m | £4.5m | £7.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £11.5m | £10.6m | £3.6m | £4.5m | £7.8m |
| Staff costs | £6.3m | £6.8m | — | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 124 | 147 | 158 | 137 | 151 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 17.1% | 14.7% | 5.1% | 6% | 10.3% |
| Gross margin | 44.4% | 37.1% | 39.7% | 42.7% | 50.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £545k | £489k | £450k | £547k | £506k |
| Profit per employee | £93k | £71.8k | £23k | £32.8k | £51.9k |
| Cash conversion | −97.7% | −12.3% | — | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲6.4% | ▼1.1% | ▲5.3% | ▲2.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼8.4% | ▼65.6% | ▲23.7% | ▲74.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲18.6% | ▲7.5% | ▼13.3% | ▲10.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £6.7m | £2.1m | — | — | — |
| Net assets | £24.3m | £29.9m | — | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £995k | £1.3m | — | — | — |
| Current assets | £42.5m | £50.1m | — | — | — |
| Debtors | £13.8m | £14.2m | — | — | — |
| Deferred income | £5.7m | £6.3m | — | — | — |
| Cash from operations | −£13.9m | −£1.6m | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 10.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 50.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £506k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £51.9k
- 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
- ▲10%
- Now 151
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Ellaness Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Lyle & Scott Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2026 (profit £7.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 20 Oct 2026
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