LYRECO UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-28 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-14
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£30K
-28.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£41M
-3.1% vs 2023
Employees
1,271
-2.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£8M
+38.3% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- LYRECO UK LIMITED 2000-01-04 → present
- OFFICE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 1988-05-03 → 2000-01-04
- A.J. TODD & CO. LIMITED 1947-09-25 → 1988-05-03
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £331,008,000 | £320,867,000 | |
| Operating profit | £6,084,000 | £8,280,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £6,134,000 | £8,484,000 | |
| Net profit | £4,266,000 | £6,683,000 | |
| Cash | £42,000 | £30,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £43,871,000 | £42,817,000 | |
| Net assets | £41,953,000 | £40,666,000 | |
| Equity | £41,953,000 | £40,666,000 | |
| Average employees | 1,305 | 1,271 | |
| Wages | £45,854,000 | £46,428,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.8% | 2.6% | |
| Net margin | 1.3% | 2.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 13.9% | 19.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.42x | 1.38x | |
| Interest cover | 6084.00x | 8280.00x |
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
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Throughout 2024, continued demand from its large Corporate customers helped the company to maintain revenue in-line with expectations. By maintaining strong controls over its profit margins and operating expenses whilst driving efficiencies and maximising working capital opportunities, the company was also able to grow its net profits for the year.”
Significant events
- “The directors have paid an interim dividend for the year ended 31 December 2024 of £8,000,000 being £0.54 per ordinary share (2023: £nil).”
- “Subsequent to the year-end, the directors have paid a final dividend of £8,400,000 being £0.57 per ordinary share. As this is a final dividend with respect to the 2024 financial year, it is not included as a liability in these financial statements at the balance sheet date.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GASPARD-BOURGAIN, Nathalie Estelle Angelique | Director | 2017-01-19 | Sep 1976 | French |
| MILWARD, Michael Stephen | Director | 2021-01-01 | Mar 1965 | British,Australian |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BIGEARD, Eric | Secretary | — | 2017-01-19 |
| BIGEARD, Eric | Director | — | 2017-01-19 |
| BOSSUT, Stephane | Director | 1997-06-01 | 1998-09-30 |
| DUNPHY, William John | Director | — | 1997-07-22 |
| FORD, Edwin Richard | Director | 2006-01-16 | 2010-01-01 |
| FORSYTH, Robert Donald | Director | — | 1996-01-22 |
| FULLWOOD, Duane | Director | 1997-08-27 | 2003-07-01 |
| GIBELLI, Gianluca | Director | 2017-01-19 | 2022-04-01 |
| HRADISKY, Peter | Director | 2012-11-01 | 2020-06-01 |
| KRISTIANSEN, Anders | Director | 2000-06-30 | 2003-01-31 |
| LAW, Stephen William | Director | 1998-10-01 | 2006-01-31 |
| VALE, Robert Curtis Henry | Director | — | 1999-08-31 |
| WALMSLEY, David John | Director | 2010-01-01 | 2012-11-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nathalie Estelle Angelique Gaspard | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2023-06-30 | Active |
| Caroline Murielle Anne Gaspard | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2023-06-30 | Active |
| Mr Georges Andre Daniel Gaspard | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-10-03 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 218 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-09 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2023-10-13 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-10-13 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-10-13 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-02-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-01-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-10-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-06-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2019-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-3.1%
£331,008,000 £320,867,000
-
Cash
-28.6%
£42,000 £30,000
-
Net assets
-3.1%
£41,953,000 £40,666,000
-
Employees
-2.6%
1,305 1,271
-
Operating profit
+36.1%
£6,084,000 £8,280,000
-
Profit before tax
+38.3%
£6,134,000 £8,484,000
-
Wages
+1.3%
£45,854,000 £46,428,000
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