Lyle & Scott Limited
Registered name: LYLE & SCOTT LIMITED
Part of Ellaness Holdings Limited groupLyle & Scott Limited made £71.9m revenue and £10.6m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2023.
Lyle & Scott Limited’s revenue grew 6% to £71.9m in the year to 31 Mar 2023, with £10.6m profit and 147 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of clothing and footwear” and is based in London; we hold 2 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £67.6m | £71.9m |
| Cost of sales | £37.5m | £45.2m |
| Gross profit | £30m | £26.6m |
| Operating profit | £14.3m | £13.3m |
| Profit before tax | £14.3m | £13.1m |
| Profit after tax | £11.5m | £10.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £11.5m | £10.6m |
| Staff costs | £6.3m | £6.8m |
| Employees (average) | 124 | 147 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 17.1% | 14.7% |
| Gross margin | 44.4% | 37.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £545k | £489k |
| Profit per employee | £93k | £71.8k |
| Cash conversion | −97.7% | −12.3% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲6.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼8.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲18.6% |
| 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 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 14.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 37.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £489k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £71.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −12.3%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 8.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 19.7%
- 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
- ▲23%
- Now £29.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▼69%
- Now £2.1m
- Headcount
- ▲19%
- Now 147
- Deferred income
- ▲9%
- Now £6.3m
- Fixed assets
- ▲28%
- Now £1.3m
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
- 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 2023 (profit £10.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2023. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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