Laurelle London Ltd
Registered name: LAURELLE LONDON LTD
Part of Laurelle Holdings Limited groupLaurelle London Ltd made £23.6m revenue and £753k profit in the year to 31 May 2025. read from filing text
Laurelle London Ltd’s revenue grew 21% to £23.6m in the year to 31 May 2025, with £753k profit and 39 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of perfumes and toilet preparations” and is based in Leigh-on-Sea; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Leigh-on-Sea, East of England
- Age
- 19 yrs · since 2007
- 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. From the filing: “Laurelle London Ltd is a 100% subsidiary of”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 May 2022 | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £12.4m | £15.8m | £19.5m | £23.6m |
| Cost of sales | £9.2m | £12.2m | £15.9m | £19.6m |
| Gross profit | £3.3m | £3.6m | £3.6m | £4m |
| Operating profit | £1.1m | £1.1m | £664k | £1m |
| Profit before tax | £1m | £991k | £540k | £790k |
| Profit after tax | £1m | £1.2m | £520k | £753k |
| Profit (best available) | £1m | £1.2m | £520k | £753k |
| Staff costs | £1.4m | £1.5m | £1.4m | £1.4m |
| Employees (average) | 53 | 53 | 43 | 39 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 8.1% | 7.4% | 2.7% | 3.2% |
| Gross margin | 26.3% | 22.9% | 18.6% | 16.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £234k | £298k | £454k | £604k |
| Profit per employee | £19k | £22k | £12.1k | £19.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲27% | ▲23.5% | ▲20.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲15.5% | ▼55.4% | ▲44.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼18.9% | ▼9.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £962k | £255k | £1.1m | £1.4m |
| Net assets | £8m | £9.2m | £9.6m | £9.1m |
| Fixed assets | £396k | £409k | £487k | £692k |
| Current assets | £13.8m | £15.3m | £15.4m | £16.3m |
| Debtors | £1.9m | £3.1m | £2.3m | £3.6m |
| Deferred income | £799k | £447k | £28.5k | £306k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 16.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £604k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £19.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 15.2%
- 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
- ▼5%
- Now £9.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲32%
- Now £1.4m
- Headcount
- ▼9%
- Now 39
- Deferred income
- ▲975%
- Now £306k
- Fixed assets
- ▲42%
- Now £692k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Laurelle Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Laurelle London Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Laurelle Manufacturing LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Laurelle Property 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 May 2025 (profit £753k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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