LAKE DISTRICT ESTATES COMPANY LIMITED

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Next accounts due

2026-10-31 (in 5mo)

Last filed for 2025-01-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-11-28 (in 6mo)

Last made up 2025-11-14

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£390K

+78.4% vs 2024

Net assets

£27M

-0.2% vs 2024

Employees

127

+5% vs 2024

Profit before tax

-£8K

-100.4% lowest in 6 filed years

Net assets

10-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median

LAKE DISTRICT ESTATES COMPANY LIMITED·Consumer Discretionary median · n=2305

Accounts

10-year trend · latest reflected 2025-01-31

Metric	2019-02-01	2020-01-31	2020-02-01	2021-01-31	2021-02-01	2022-01-31	2023-01-31	2023-02-01	2024-01-31	2025-01-31
Turnover	—	£11,861,622	—	£9,491,217	—	£14,774,952	£15,825,811	—	£16,218,206	£14,135,322
Operating profit	—	£3,552,755	—	£3,750,502	—	£3,267,449	£2,561,090	—	£2,693,809	£871,848
Profit before tax	—	£3,193,387	—	£3,194,245	—	£2,773,052	£2,083,681	—	£2,079,451	-£8,440
Net profit	—	£2,405,685	—	£2,601,400	—	£1,995,282	£1,587,190	—	£1,542,756	-£41,458
Cash	—	£5,250	—	£5,635	—	£1,320,490	£650,071	—	£218,406	£389,557
Total assets less current liabilities	—	£41,520,608	—	£44,449,036	—	£45,971,971	£46,579,029	—	£49,270,860	£48,550,506
Net assets	—	£21,650,671	—	£23,752,071	—	£24,747,353	£25,134,543	—	£26,677,299	£26,635,841
Equity	£20,044,986	£21,650,671	£21,650,671	£23,752,071	£23,752,071	£24,747,353	£25,134,543	£25,134,543	£26,677,299	£26,635,841
Average employees	—	115	—	120	—	134	136	—	121	127
Wages	—	£2,143,322	—	£2,183,722	—	£2,545,843	£2,658,815	—	£2,634,292	£2,712,358

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	2019-02-01	2020-01-31	2020-02-01	2021-01-31	2021-02-01	2022-01-31	2023-01-31	2023-02-01	2024-01-31	2025-01-31
Operating margin	—	30.0%	—	39.5%	—	22.1%	16.2%	—	16.6%	6.2%
Net margin	—	20.3%	—	27.4%	—	13.5%	10.0%	—	9.5%	-0.3%
Return on capital employed	—	8.6%	—	8.4%	—	7.1%	5.5%	—	5.5%	1.8%
Current ratio	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.83x	0.71x
Interest cover	—	8.20x	—	6.92x	—	6.59x	5.34x	—	4.31x	0.99x

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: FRS 102
Reporting scope: Standalone (parent only)
Auditor: Armstrong Watson Audit Limited
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”

Significant events

“During the year, we made the strategic decision to identify and prepare selected residential properties for sale. This reflects our commitment to reallocating capital from lower-yielding assets into areas of the business that offer stronger growth and return potential.”

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

People

11 active · 13 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
LITTEN, Julie Elizabeth	Secretary	2022-10-14	—	—
BOURNE, Clementina Daisy	Director	2023-04-21	Apr 1982	British
BOYD, Alice Clara	Director	2023-04-21	Nov 1979	British
CLARKSON WEBB, Edward James	Director	1997-01-07	Sep 1966	British
HENSMAN, Roger	Director	2018-07-17	Nov 1981	British
LANCASTER, Richard	Director	2023-10-16	Dec 1963	British
LANGTON, Lucinda Carolyn Barrett	Director	2012-06-28	Mar 1978	British
RAYNSFORD, Thomas Lindsay Wakefield	Director	2012-06-28	Oct 1980	British
RUSSELL, Victoria Jane	Director	2020-10-19	Jan 1979	British
TOWNSEND, Georgina Anne	Director	—	Feb 1957	British
WIX, Alexandra Peard	Director	2012-06-28	Jun 1984	British

Show 13 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
ADORIAN, Ruth Isabel	Secretary	—	2014-06-30
WINTER, Jonathan Ross	Secretary	2014-06-30	2020-01-17
WOOD, James Laurence	Secretary	2020-01-17	2021-05-30
ADORIAN, Ruth Isabel	Director	—	2019-11-30
BOYD, Julia Daphne, Lady	Director	1997-01-07	2024-01-19
BOYD, Olivia Wakefield	Director	2015-07-03	2018-05-29
HENSMAN, Mary Sheila, The Hon Mrs	Director	—	2008-04-04
HENSMAN, Peter Richard Wavell	Director	—	2023-10-16
RAYNSFORD, Joan Rosemary, The Hon	Director	—	2016-11-17
RAYNSFORD, Richard Wakefield	Director	—	2020-10-19
SEEL, Carolyn Mary	Director	1997-01-07	2022-12-31
SIMPSON, Suzannah Mary	Director	1997-01-07	2006-02-11
SIMPSON, William Ian	Director	2006-03-27	2020-05-19

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Lake District Holdings Ltd	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%	2016-04-06	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 186 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2025-11-14	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-08-04	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2024-11-27	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-08-29	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2024-03-01	MR01	mortgage	Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date	PDF
2024-01-22	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2023-12-05	MR01	mortgage	Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date	PDF
2023-12-01	MR01	mortgage	Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date	PDF
2023-12-01	MR01	mortgage	Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date	PDF
2023-12-01	MR01	mortgage	Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date	PDF
2023-11-15	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-10-23	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2023-10-23	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2023-10-19	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2023-06-23	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2023-06-23	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2023-01-04	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2022-11-14	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-11-14	AP03	officers	Appoint person secretary company with name date	PDF
2022-08-04	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 2
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 0

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

Year-on-year

FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-01-31 vs 2024-01-31

Turnover

-12.8%

£16,218,206 £14,135,322
Cash

+78.4%

£218,406 £389,557
Net assets

-0.2%

£26,677,299 £26,635,841
Employees

+5%

121 127
Operating profit

-67.6%

£2,693,809 £871,848

lowest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax

-100.4%

£2,079,451 -£8,440

lowest in 6 filed years
Wages

+3%

£2,634,292 £2,712,358

highest in 6 filed years

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

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