Love Business Group Limited
Registered name: LOVE BUSINESS GROUP LIMITED
Part of Lloyds Banking Group PLC groupLove Business Group Limited made £34.3m revenue and £3.4m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Love Business Group Limited’s revenue fell 9% to £34.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £3.4m profit and 307 employees. The company is classified under “trade of electricity” and is based in Bolton; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bolton, North West
- 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: “The Company’s immediate parent undertaking, and immediate controlling party by virtue of their ownership of the Company’s issued shares is Sandown Holdings Limited, a Company registered in England and”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £23.2m | £27.8m | £37.9m | £34.3m |
| Cost of sales | £14.4m | £17.9m | £21.3m | £21.3m |
| Gross profit | £8.8m | £9.8m | £16.5m | £13m |
| Operating profit | £1.9m | −£1.4m | £7.3m | £3.3m |
| Profit before tax | £1.9m | −£1.4m | £7.3m | £3.4m |
| Profit after tax | £1.5m | −£1.1m | £6.5m | £3.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.5m | −£1.1m | £6.5m | £3.4m |
| Staff costs | £9.8m | £11.1m | £14.3m | £16m |
| Employees (average) | 283 | 251 | 282 | 307 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 6.3% | −4% | 17.3% | 9.8% |
| Gross margin | 38.1% | 35.4% | 43.7% | 38% |
| Revenue per employee | £81.9k | £111k | £134k | £112k |
| Profit per employee | £5.2k | −£4.5k | £23.2k | £11k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲19.7% | ▲36.5% | ▼9.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼176.3% | — | ▼48.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼11.3% | ▲12.3% | ▲8.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.9m | £5.5m | £3.1m | £3m |
| Net assets | £5.5m | £4.3m | £10.9m | £14.2m |
| Fixed assets | £3.1m | £3m | £2m | £1.3m |
| Current assets | £20.4m | £13.9m | £23.7m | £26.6m |
| Debtors | £566k | £637k | £873k | £1.1m |
| Deferred income | £7m | £5.6m | £7.3m | £6.7m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 9.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 38%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £112k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £11k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 19.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3.3%
- 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
- ▲31%
- Now £14.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼6%
- Now £3m
- Headcount
- ▲9%
- Now 307
- Deferred income
- ▼9%
- Now £6.7m
- Fixed assets
- ▼34%
- 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
- Lloyds Banking Group PLCultimate parent75–100%
- LBG Equity Investments Limited75–100%
- Lloyds Development Capital (Holdings) Limited75–100%
- LDC (Nominees) Limited50–75%
- Seahawk Bidco Limited75–100%
- Wildeagle Brand Co Ltd75–100%
- Sandown Holdings Limited75–100%
- Love Business Group 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 FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £3.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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