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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-07-03 (in 2mo)

Last made up 2025-06-19

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£1M

-38.1% vs 2023

Net assets

£28M

+0.8% vs 2023

Employees

99

-2.9% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£773K

-54.8% vs 2023

Name history

Renamed 1 time since incorporation

  1. LIGNACITE LIMITED 1995-01-01 → present
  2. LIGNACITE(BRANDON)LIMITED 1947-06-10 → 1995-01-01

Accounts

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

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-31
Turnover £38,033,382£31,947,737
Operating profit £1,642,476£749,242
Profit before tax £1,712,343£773,349
Net profit £1,034,924£388,000
Cash £1,977,735£1,223,430
Total assets less current liabilities £29,007,274£30,014,295
Net assets £27,343,200£27,552,546
Equity £27,343,200£27,552,546
Average employees 10299
Wages £5,155,349£5,127,691

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 4.3%2.3%
Net margin 2.7%1.2%
Return on capital employed 5.7%2.5%
Current ratio 2.01x2.46x
Interest cover 87.15x13.76x

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
MA Partners Audit LLP
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

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

People

9 active · 15 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
KILBEE, Shana Secretary 2025-11-25
DE LOTBINIERE, Giles Antony Joly Director Dec 1959 British
DE LOTBINIERE, Harry Edmond Joly Director 2018-02-22 Aug 1986 British
EASTWOOD, Allan George Fredrick Director 1997-05-09 Dec 1959 British
FRANKS, Nicholas Adrian Director 2024-05-23 Feb 1972 British
INNES, Guy Archibald Director 2005-04-27 May 1956 British
JOLY DE LOTBINIERE, Nicholas Henry Director Aug 1955 British
JOLY DE LOTBINIERE, Thomas Louis Director 2023-03-15 Mar 1991 British
PEARSON, Mark Anthony Director 1998-02-16 Feb 1960 British
Show 15 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
EDWARDS, Beth Secretary 2009-11-24 2025-11-25
RUNNALS, Maureen Secretary 1997-05-09
WATERS, Kenneth Secretary 1997-05-09 2009-11-23
HALL, Delia Director 1991-12-09
HALL, Stephen Patrick Director 1993-03-19 2008-12-31
INNES, David Archibald Director 1994-12-14 1997-09-26
INNES, Richard Dawnay Director 1997-09-26
JOLY DE LOTBINIERE, Angela Patricia Jane Director 1997-05-09
JOLY DE LOTBINIERE, Edmund, Col Sir Director 1994-02-13
JOLY DE LOTBINIERE, Michael Edmond Director 2020-03-03
JOLY DE LOTBINIERE, Prudence Mary Director 1994-12-14 1997-05-09
LOTBINIERE, Thomas Henry Joly De Director 2015-02-04
MASON-JONES, William Nicholas Director 2013-09-19 2022-03-02
WALDEN, Derek Arnold Director 1992-03-04
WEBB, Charles Henry Murton Director 1996-02-01

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Mr Giles Antony Joly De Lotbiniere Individual significant-influence-or-control-as-firm 2016-04-06 Active
Mr Allan George Eastwood Individual significant-influence-or-control-as-firm 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 207 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2025-11-25 AP03 officers Appoint person secretary company with name date PDF
2025-11-25 TM02 officers Termination secretary company with name termination date PDF
2025-06-25 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2025-06-19 PSC04 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF
2025-06-02 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-07-18 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-07-02 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-05-31 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2024-05-24 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-05-08 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2023-12-08 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2023-06-09 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-04-26 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2023-03-29 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2023-03-10 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-06-07 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2022-03-15 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2022-03-15 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2021-07-19 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2021-03-08 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
5

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
1

last 12 months

Officers resigned
1

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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