The Information Lab Limited
Registered name: THE INFORMATION LAB LIMITED
Part of The Information Lab Holding Ltd groupThe Information Lab Limited made £39.6m revenue and £1.6m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
The Information Lab Limited’s revenue fell 3% to £39.6m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £1.6m profit and 162 employees. The company is classified under “other information technology service activities” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 16 yrs · since 2010
- 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 Information Lab Holding Ltd,”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £41m | £39.6m |
| Cost of sales | £30.5m | £28.9m |
| Gross profit | £10.5m | £10.7m |
| Operating profit | £1.5m | £2.2m |
| Profit before tax | £1.6m | £2.2m |
| Profit after tax | £1.3m | £1.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.3m | £1.6m |
| Staff costs | £12.5m | £10.8m |
| Employees (average) | 184 | 162 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 3.2% | 4.1% |
| Gross margin | 25.6% | 27% |
| Revenue per employee | £223k | £245k |
| Profit per employee | £7k | £10.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼3.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲25.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼12% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £4.8m | £2.3m |
| Net assets | £7.6m | £5.7m |
| Fixed assets | £63 | £18 |
| Current assets | £27.7m | £24.3m |
| Debtors | £6.9m | £7.1m |
| Deferred income | £15m | £14.5m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 27%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £245k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £10.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 36.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 17.9%
- 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
- ▼24%
- Now £5.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼52%
- Now £2.3m
- Headcount
- ▼12%
- Now 162
- Deferred income
- ▼3%
- Now £14.5m
- Fixed assets
- ▼71%
- Now £18
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
- The Information Lab Holding Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- The Information Lab 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 Mar 2025 (profit £1.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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