Latcham Direct Limited
Registered name: LATCHAM DIRECT LIMITED
Latcham Direct Limited made £20.6m revenue and £397k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Latcham Direct Limited’s revenue fell 11% to £20.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £397k profit and 89 employees. The company is classified under “printing” and is based in Hengrove; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hengrove, South West
- Age
- 18 yrs · since 2008
- 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 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) | £18.2m | £22m | £23.2m | £20.6m |
| Cost of sales | £12.9m | £15.8m | £16.9m | £15.1m |
| Gross profit | £5.2m | £6.1m | £6.3m | £5.6m |
| Operating profit | £314k | £1.2m | £1.5m | £667k |
| Profit before tax | £183k | £1m | £1.3m | £568k |
| Profit after tax | £161k | £758k | £1m | £397k |
| Profit (best available) | £161k | £758k | £1m | £397k |
| Staff costs | £4.7m | £4.2m | £4.6m | — |
| Employees (average) | 106 | 105 | 91 | 89 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.9% | 3.5% | 4.3% | 1.9% |
| Gross margin | 28.8% | 28% | 27.3% | 27% |
| Revenue per employee | £171k | £209k | £255k | £232k |
| Profit per employee | £1.5k | £7.2k | £11k | £4.5k |
| Cash conversion | −207.7% | −89.7% | −181.4% | 178.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲20.8% | ▲5.9% | ▼11.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲370.3% | ▲32.1% | ▼60.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼0.9% | ▼13.3% | ▼2.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.4m | £1.1m | £2.3m | £2m |
| Net assets | £2.1m | £2.5m | £3.2m | £3.1m |
| Fixed assets | £3.6m | £3.6m | £3.2m | £2.4m |
| Current assets | £4.1m | £4.8m | £5.1m | — |
| Debtors | £2.1m | £3.3m | £2.4m | £2.1m |
| Deferred income | £836k | £952k | £739k | £989k |
| Cash from operations | −£651k | −£1m | −£2.7m | £1.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 27%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £232k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 178.6%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 11.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 9.9%
- 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
- ▼3%
- Now £3.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼15%
- Now £2m
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 89
- Deferred income
- ▲34%
- Now £989k
- Fixed assets
- ▼26%
- Now £2.4m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (3)
- Computastat Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Consumer Intelligence LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Latcham Insights LtdFigures 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 Dec 2025 (profit £397k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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