Making Life Happen Limited
Registered name: MAKING LIFE HAPPEN LIMITED
Part of The Royle Trust Limited groupMaking Life Happen Limited made £14m revenue and £2.8m profit in the year to 29 Oct 2024.
Making Life Happen Limited’s revenue grew 5% to £14m in the year to 29 Oct 2024, with £2.8m profit and 225 employees. The company is classified under “other letting and operating of own or leased real estate” and is based in ST Helens; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- ST Helens, North West
- Age
- 9 yrs · since 2017
- 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 Royle Trust Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 29 Oct 2022 | 29 Oct 2023 | 29 Oct 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £13.3m | £14m |
| Cost of sales | — | £2.5m | £3.1m |
| Gross profit | — | £10.8m | £10.9m |
| Operating profit | — | £3.2m | £1.8m |
| Profit before tax | — | £3.2m | £1.9m |
| Profit after tax | — | −£1.4m | £2.8m |
| Profit (best available) | — | −£1.4m | £2.8m |
| Staff costs | — | £7.1m | £7.1m |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 | 225 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | −10.4% | 20% |
| Gross margin | — | 81.3% | 77.7% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £62.2k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £12.4k |
| Cash conversion | — | 48.8% | 83.4% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲5.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £950 | £115k | — |
| Net assets | £152k | −£1.2m | £58k |
| Fixed assets | £2.3m | £2.4m | £34.5k |
| Current assets | £260k | £328k | £8.9m |
| Debtors | £260k | £1.9m | £1.9m |
| Cash from operations | — | £1.5m | £1.5m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 20%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 77.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £62.2k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £12.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 83.4%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.7%
- 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 £58k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now 225
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼99%
- Now £34.5k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- The Royle Trust Limitedultimate parent50–75%
- Making Life Happen Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Moving Up Care LimitedRev. £13.9m · Profit £1.2m
- Providing Care 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 29 Oct 2024 (profit £2.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 22 Oct 2026
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