Lyonsdown Limited
Registered name: LYONSDOWN LIMITED
Part of Claverley Holdings Limited groupLyonsdown Limited made £7.9m revenue and £1m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Lyonsdown Limited’s revenue grew 14% to £7.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1m profit and 31 employees. The company is classified under “other publishing activities” and is based in Shrewsbury; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Shrewsbury, West Midlands
- Age
- 20 yrs · since 2006
- 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 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £3.7m | £6.9m | £7.9m |
| Operating profit | £512k | £911k | £1.1m |
| Profit before tax | £512k | £911k | £1.2m |
| Profit after tax | £497k | £909k | £1m |
| Profit (best available) | £497k | £909k | £1m |
| Employees (average) | 34 | 33 | 31 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 13.5% | 13.2% | 13.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £108k | £209k | £254k |
| Profit per employee | £14.6k | £27.5k | £33.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲86.8% | ▲14.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲83% | ▲12.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2.9% | ▼6.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 13.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £254k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £33.1k
- 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
- ▼6%
- Now 31
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Claverley Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Claverley Group Limited75–100%
- Lyonsdown Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Business Reporter LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Teiss LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (5)
- Hpci Media LimitedRev. £4.2m · Profit £531k
- Cubiquity LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Extreme Exhibitions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Kennedy Enterprises LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Signature Publishing LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 12 Oct 2026
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