Lisle Design Limited
Registered name: LISLE DESIGN LIMITED
Part of Michael Edgar Thomas Lisle, Edward O'Donnell And Carole Leslie As The Present Trustees Of The Lisle Design Limited Employee Ownership Trust groupLisle Design Limited made £189k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
Lisle Design Limited reported £189k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025, down 54% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 18 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other transport equipment” and is based in Fife; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Fife, Scotland
- Age
- 19 yrs · since 2006
- 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.
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | — |
| Profit after tax | £669k | £480k | £408k | £189k |
| Profit (best available) | £669k | £480k | £408k | £189k |
| Employees (average) | 14 | 15 | 16 | 18 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £47.8k | £32k | £25.5k | £10.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Profit growth | — | ▼28.3% | ▼14.8% | ▼53.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7.1% | ▲6.7% | ▲12.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £471k | £519k | £310k | £212k |
| Net assets | £789k | £846k | £832k | £584k |
| Fixed assets | £7k | £12.4k | £120k | £113k |
| Current assets | £1.2m | £1.2m | £1.1m | £793k |
| Debtors | £341k | £195k | £225k | £165k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £10.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- ▼30%
- Now £584k
- Cash at bank
- ▼32%
- Now £212k
- Headcount
- ▲13%
- Now 18
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼6%
- Now £113k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Michael Edgar Thomas Lisle, Edward O'Donnell And Carole Leslie As The Present Trustees Of The Lisle Design Limited Employee Ownership Trust (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent50–75%
- Lisle Design 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 £189k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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