Lycatel Distribution UK Limited
Registered name: LYCATEL DISTRIBUTION UK LIMITED
Lycatel Distribution UK Limited made £8.4m revenue and £157k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Lycatel Distribution UK Limited’s revenue fell 1% to £8.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £157k profit and 159 employees. The company is classified under “other telecommunications activities” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 19 yrs · since 2007
- 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 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £8.5m | £8.4m |
| Cost of sales | £5.7m | £6.5m |
| Gross profit | £2.8m | £1.9m |
| Operating profit | £468k | £500k |
| Profit before tax | £123k | £157k |
| Profit after tax | −£542k | £157k |
| Profit (best available) | −£542k | £157k |
| Staff costs | £5.2m | £5.3m |
| Employees (average) | 100 | 159 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −6.4% | 1.9% |
| Gross margin | 32.8% | 22.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £85.1k | £52.8k |
| Profit per employee | −£5.4k | £987 |
| Cash conversion | −79.1% | −3% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼1.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲59% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £14.9k | £57.2k |
| Net assets | −£15.2m | −£15.1m |
| Fixed assets | £1.2m | £1.2m |
| Current assets | £26.7m | £23.7m |
| Debtors | £11.1k | £1.7k |
| Cash from operations | −£370k | −£15k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 22.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £52.8k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £987
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −3%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 14.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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 −£15.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲284%
- Now £57.2k
- Headcount
- ▲59%
- Now 159
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼2%
- Now £1.2m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £157k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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