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LUCY GROUP LTD

#00051908 · Active · Group / consolidated · Incorporated 1897-04-01 (129y 1m) · Last filing 2025-09-05 (8mo ago)
Industrials · SIC 27120 · C Manufacturing · Group accounts

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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-05-23 (this month)

Last made up 2025-05-09

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£30M

+204.5% vs 2023

Net assets

£394M

+21.5% vs 2023

Employees

1,802

+7.3% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£85M

+43.3% vs 2023

Name history

Renamed 1 time since incorporation

  1. LUCY GROUP LTD 2017-02-17 → present
  2. W.LUCY & CO.LIMITED 1897-04-01 → 2017-02-17

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-31
Turnover £359,124,000£409,331,000
Operating profit £62,300,000£80,829,000
Profit before tax £59,488,000£85,225,000
Net profit £40,523,000£71,912,000
Cash £10,000,000£30,453,000
Total assets less current liabilities £393,733,000£460,822,000
Net assets £324,120,000£393,953,000
Equity £324,120,000£393,953,000
Average employees 1,6791,802
Wages £54,459,000£60,819,000

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

Ratios

Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest

Ratio Trend 2023-12-312024-12-31
Operating margin 17.3%19.7%
Net margin 11.3%17.6%
Return on capital employed 15.8%17.5%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 30.2%25.0%
Current ratio 3.46x4.53x
Interest cover 23.28x46.99x

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
IFRS
Reporting scope
Consolidated group
Auditor
Wenn Townsend
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“We have identified no material uncertainties related to going concern.”

Group structure

  1. LUCY GROUP LTD · parent
    1. Lucy Electric UK Limited 100% · England · Manufacture and sale of switchgear
    2. Lucy Electric Limited 100% · England · Design, development, manufacture and sale of lighting products
    3. Lucy Electric (EMS) Limited 100% · England · Supply of product design, development and management services
    4. Lucy Developments Limited 100% · England · Property development
    5. Lucy Zodion Limited 100% · England · Research, development, manufacture and sale of smart lighting and monitoring systems and services
    6. Lawson Fuses Limited 100% · England · Research, development, manufacture and sale of fuses
    7. Lucy Electric Australasia Pty Ltd 100% · Australia · Manufacture and sale of switchgear
    8. Lucy Electric Beijing Company Limited 100% · China · Manufacture and sale of switchgear
    9. Lucy Electric FZE (Private) Limited 100% · India · Manufacture and sale of switchgear
    10. Lucy Manufacturing and Technologies India (Private) Limited 100% · India · Manufacture of switchgear and lighting products
    11. Lucy Asia Pacific SDN BHD 100% · Malaysia · Manufacture and sale of fuses
    12. Flashnet SA 80% · Romania · Manufacture and sale of smart lighting and smart city solutions
    13. Lucy Switchgear Arabia Company Limited 100% · Saudi Arabia · Manufacture and sale of switchgear
    14. Lucy Electric MENA Regional Headquarters 100% · Saudi Arabia · Regional headquarters for Middle East and North Africa
    15. Lucy Electric South Africa Pty Ltd 75% · South Africa · Marketing and sale of switchgear
    16. Lucy Electric (Thailand) Limited 100% · Thailand · Manufacture and sale of switchgear
    17. Lucy Switchgear FZE 100% · UAE · Manufacture of switchgear
    18. Lucy Middle East FZE 100% · UAE · Marketing and sale of switchgear

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

8 active · 9 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
LAXTON, Madeline Secretary 2006-01-01 — British
ASHTON, Gary David Director 1997-04-01 Jan 1961 British
DICK, Charles Richard Director — May 1950 British
DICK, Michael Director 2024-05-20 Dec 1964 British
DOBBS, Richard Francis Conway Director 2020-07-01 Mar 1966 British
FINCH-DICK, Jonathan Charles Director 2013-06-01 Nov 1980 British
LATHAM, Philippa Director 2013-06-01 Jun 1960 British
LAXTON, Madeline Director 2014-09-23 Jan 1965 British
Show 9 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
BRYAN, Robert Kenneth Secretary 2003-03-01 2005-12-31
JARRETT, Marilyn Frances Secretary 2002-10-01 2003-02-28
WINCKWORTH, Anthony John Secretary — 2002-09-30
DICK, Robert Ian Director 1998-09-01 2020-03-26
GODFREY, John Director 1996-02-16 2015-05-31
GRIFFIN, Thomas Director — 2000-04-14
HOLLAND, Ralph George Director — 1999-04-13
LEVICK, Christopher Robert Director — 2014-06-30
NEWTON, Barry Director — 1999-12-23

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
W.L. Shareholding Company Limited Corporate entity Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 152 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2025-09-05 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2025-05-09 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-04-24 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2024-06-04 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2024-05-29 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-04-24 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-11-03 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2023-09-25 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2023-06-16 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2023-04-17 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2022-07-14 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2022-04-08 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-06-29 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2021-04-07 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2020-09-01 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2020-08-04 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2020-08-04 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2020-05-27 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2019-07-17 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2019-04-04 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
2

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

Year-on-year

FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers

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