W.T. LAMB HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-03 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-04-19
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£849K
-10.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£48M
+8.1% vs 2023
Employees
29
-3.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£5M
+619.6% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- W.T. LAMB HOLDINGS LIMITED 1983-02-17 → present
- W.T.LAMB & SONS LIMITED 1947-12-31 → 1983-02-17
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £5,627,986 | £6,280,760 | |
| Operating profit | -£937,085 | £4,927,574 | |
| Profit before tax | -£970,918 | £5,045,084 | |
| Net profit | -£600,640 | £3,859,951 | |
| Cash | £947,650 | £848,615 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £50,457,394 | £55,137,635 | |
| Net assets | £44,589,829 | £48,200,278 | |
| Equity | £44,589,829 | £48,200,278 | |
| Average employees | 30 | 29 | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 | -16.7% | 78.5% | |
| Net margin | -10.7% | 61.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | -1.9% | 8.9% | |
| Current ratio | 3.18x | 2.20x | |
| Interest cover | -10.70x | 65.42x |
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 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Kreston Reeves 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 Group's or the parent 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.”
Group structure
- W.T. LAMB HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- W.T. Lamb & Sons Limited 100%
- W.T.Lamb Properties Limited 100%
- W.T.Lamb Investments Limited 100%
- Cremer, Whiting & Co Limited 100%
- Newington Bricks Limited 100%
- Holborn Nominees Limited 100%
- Lambs Terracotta & Faience Limited 100%
- Nyewood Brick Company Limited 50%
Significant events
- “Subsequent to the year end, the fair value of the company's investment portfolio has decreased by £2,592,285, primarily due to a decrease in the share value of Futura Medical Plc. The year end valuation as at 31 December 2024 was based on the market conditions prevailing at that date. The valuation report. as at 31 March 2025 indicates a significant decline in value.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMITH, Robert | Secretary | 2017-05-08 | — | — |
| LAMB, James Robin Cardain | Director | 2001-09-21 | Apr 1966 | British |
| LAMB, Jonathan Robert | Director | 2001-09-21 | Apr 1971 | British |
| LAMB, Robin Antony | Director | — | Jul 1938 | British |
| SMITH, Robert Graham | Director | 2019-02-01 | Aug 1966 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANDREWS, Colin | Secretary | 2008-06-19 | 2017-05-07 |
| JEFFS, Graham Alan | Secretary | 2008-03-28 | 2009-08-10 |
| KENNETT, Ian | Secretary | — | 2006-01-16 |
| SPEER, Keith Charles | Secretary | 2006-01-16 | 2008-03-28 |
| BRACKLEY, Brian James | Director | — | 2004-09-16 |
| LAMB, Richard | Director | — | 2001-06-30 |
| LAMB, Robert Harry Simms | Director | 1994-07-01 | 2020-12-09 |
| SALMON, Anthony David | Director | — | 1996-04-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 128 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-01-14 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-04-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-09-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-04-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-08-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-04-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-12-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-04-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-12-23 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2019-08-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2019-04-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-02-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2018-09-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
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
+11.6%
£5,627,986 £6,280,760
-
Cash
-10.5%
£947,650 £848,615
-
Net assets
+8.1%
£44,589,829 £48,200,278
-
Employees
-3.3%
30 29
-
Operating profit
+625.8%
-£937,085 £4,927,574
-
Profit before tax
+619.6%
-£970,918 £5,045,084
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