T.G. LYNES LTD.
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Next accounts due
2027-09-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-24 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-10
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£5M
+66.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£15M
+0.5% vs 2024
Employees
78
+6.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£5M
+0.8% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- T.G. LYNES LTD. 2003-09-09 → present
- T G LYNES & SONS LIMITED 1934-04-28 → 2003-09-09
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £35,092,000 | £36,772,000 | |
| Operating profit | £4,607,000 | £4,645,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £4,599,000 | £4,636,000 | |
| Net profit | £3,385,000 | £3,322,000 | |
| Cash | £3,082,000 | £5,144,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £15,321,000 | £15,624,000 | |
| Net assets | £14,800,000 | £14,873,000 | |
| Equity | £14,800,000 | £14,873,000 | |
| Average employees | 73 | 78 | |
| Wages | £2,701,000 | £3,576,000 |
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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 13.1% | 12.6% | |
| Net margin | 9.6% | 9.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 30.1% | 29.7% | |
| Current ratio | 2.27x | 2.32x | |
| Interest cover | 575.88x | 516.11x |
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
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have considered the financial position and future prospects of the company for the twelve months from the date of signing the accounts and believe that, with the support of the wider Grafton Group, the company has access to sufficient resources to manage its business successfully. Accordingly, the financial statements are prepared under the going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “There were no major incidents to report in the year ended 31 December 2025 (2024: nil).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 20 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GRAFTON GROUP SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2015-02-27 | — | — |
| ELKINS, Francis Mark | Director | 2025-03-28 | Feb 1967 | British |
| PERKINS, William Richard, Mr. | Director | 2025-03-28 | Nov 1978 | British |
Show 20 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LYNES, Andrew George | Secretary | 2005-08-17 | 2012-05-03 |
| LYNES, Audrey Kathleen | Secretary | — | 2005-08-17 |
| WHEELER, Derek George | Secretary | 2012-05-03 | 2015-02-27 |
| BATESON, Rafe Steven | Director | 2006-04-03 | 2008-05-02 |
| GREEN, Walter Henry | Director | — | 1996-03-31 |
| HASTINGS, Martin Colin | Director | 2019-10-08 | 2025-03-28 |
| INGRAM, Andrew | Director | 2023-01-05 | 2025-03-28 |
| KELLY, Mark Jonathan Warwick | Director | 2015-02-27 | 2016-03-24 |
| LYNES, Andrew George | Director | 1993-10-27 | 2013-03-22 |
| LYNES, Colin Andrew | Director | — | 1996-08-20 |
| LYNES, David George | Director | — | 2007-02-23 |
| LYNES, Lorraine Margaret | Director | 2013-07-01 | 2015-02-27 |
| LYNES, Martin Derrick | Director | 1993-10-27 | 2015-02-27 |
| LYNES, Stephen David | Director | 2003-02-01 | 2006-03-31 |
| MAISEY, John Anthony | Director | 2019-04-02 | 2021-12-31 |
| PATEY, Leslie James | Director | — | 1994-11-30 |
| SOWTON, Jonathon Paul | Director | 2015-02-27 | 2023-06-30 |
| TAYLOR, Robert George William | Director | 1994-10-27 | 2003-01-15 |
| VAN DER WAAG, Bruce Andrew | Director | 2016-03-24 | 2019-04-02 |
| WHEELER, Derek George | Director | 2006-03-01 | 2015-02-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grafton Group (Uk) Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 227 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-03 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-11 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2024-07-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-07-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31
-
Turnover
+4.8%
£35,092,000 £36,772,000
-
Cash
+66.9%
£3,082,000 £5,144,000
-
Net assets
+0.5%
£14,800,000 £14,873,000
-
Employees
+6.8%
73 78
-
Operating profit
+0.8%
£4,607,000 £4,645,000
-
Profit before tax
+0.8%
£4,599,000 £4,636,000
-
Wages
+32.4%
£2,701,000 £3,576,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers