Star Lizard Consulting Limited
Registered name: STAR LIZARD CONSULTING LIMITED
Star Lizard Consulting Limited made £41m revenue and £451k profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025.
Star Lizard Consulting Limited’s revenue grew 5% to £41m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £451k profit and 276 employees. The company is classified under “other professional, scientific and technical activities” and is based in Brighton; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Brighton, South East
- Age
- 20 yrs · since 2006
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jul 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £27.9m | £36.1m | £39.1m | £41m |
| Cost of sales | £5.4m | — | — | — |
| Gross profit | £22.5m | £36.1m | £39.1m | £41m |
| Operating profit | £934k | £1.7m | £1.5m | £512k |
| Profit before tax | £609k | £1.2m | £1.2m | £580k |
| Profit after tax | £1.1m | £1.2m | £781k | £451k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.1m | £1.2m | £781k | £451k |
| Staff costs | £15.2m | £18.1m | £22.1m | £22.9m |
| Employees (average) | 234 | 242 | 277 | 276 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4.1% | 3.3% | 2% | 1.1% |
| Gross margin | 80.8% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Revenue per employee | £119k | £149k | £141k | £149k |
| Profit per employee | £4.9k | £4.9k | £2.8k | £1.6k |
| Cash conversion | −566.1% | 175.9% | −229.2% | 1224% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲29.6% | ▲8.2% | ▲5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲4% | ▼34.4% | ▼42.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3.4% | ▲14.5% | ▼0.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.7m | £4.6m | £1.1m | £5.5m |
| Net assets | £4.4m | £5.6m | £6.3m | £6.7m |
| Fixed assets | £5.2m | £4.5m | £4.1m | £9.1m |
| Current assets | £18.3m | £18.6m | £18.8m | £18m |
| Debtors | £3.7m | £9.8m | £13.4m | £7m |
| Cash from operations | −£5.3m | £2.9m | −£3.3m | £6.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 100%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £149k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 1224%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 22.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 17%
- 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
- ▲6%
- Now £6.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲406%
- Now £5.5m
- Headcount
- ▼0%
- Now 276
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲120%
- Now £9.1m
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Star Lizard Predicts 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 Jul 2025 (profit £451k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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