LONG RAKE SPAR COMPANY LIMITED(THE)

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Next accounts due

2026-12-31 (in 7mo)

Last filed for 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-07-15 (in 2mo)

Last made up 2025-07-01

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£838K

-76.5% lowest in 6 filed years

Net assets

£16M

-6.2% vs 2024

Employees

+7% vs 2024

Profit before tax

£3M

+37.6% vs 2024

Net assets

10-year trend · vs Basic Materials median

LONG RAKE SPAR COMPANY LIMITED(THE)·Basic Materials median · n=259

Accounts

10-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31

Metric	2020-03-31	2020-04-01	2021-03-31	2021-04-01	2022-03-31	2022-04-01	2023-03-31	2023-04-01	2024-03-31	2025-03-31
Turnover	£26,812,901	—	£36,066,057	—	£35,127,811	—	£28,320,832	—	£30,859,237	£34,822,559
Operating profit	£2,791,691	—	£6,031,158	—	£4,626,548	—	£589,804	—	£2,289,055	£3,097,656
Profit before tax	£2,699,383	—	£5,967,122	—	£4,591,815	—	£513,566	—	£2,295,702	£3,158,493
Net profit	£2,274,545	—	£4,846,550	—	£3,511,550	—	£500,890	—	£1,730,357	£2,453,170
Cash	£1,954,621	—	£6,037,568	—	£4,078,050	—	£3,874,859	—	£3,562,243	£838,076
Total assets less current liabilities	£16,974,950	—	£18,078,798	—	£20,137,790	—	£18,330,662	—	£18,241,893	£17,060,809
Net assets	£14,312,363	—	£15,158,913	—	£16,920,463	—	£15,315,021	—	£16,955,196	£15,904,936
Equity	£14,312,363	£14,312,363	£15,158,913	£15,158,913	£16,920,463	£16,920,463	£15,315,021	£15,315,021	£16,955,196	£15,904,936
Average employees	79	—	89	—	90	—	97	—	86	92
Wages	£2,938,304	—	£3,218,330	—	£3,529,458	—	£3,488,206	—	£3,419,512	£3,834,178

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	2020-03-31	2020-04-01	2021-03-31	2021-04-01	2022-03-31	2022-04-01	2023-03-31	2023-04-01	2024-03-31	2025-03-31
Operating margin	10.4%	—	16.7%	—	13.2%	—	2.1%	—	7.4%	8.9%
Net margin	8.5%	—	13.4%	—	10.0%	—	1.8%	—	5.6%	7.0%
Return on capital employed	16.4%	—	33.4%	—	23.0%	—	3.2%	—	12.5%	18.2%
Current ratio	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.44x	2.72x
Interest cover	30.21x	—	94.18x	—	131.62x	—	7.10x	—	31.16x	359.98x

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: Shorts
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.”

Group structure

LONG RAKE SPAR COMPANY LIMITED(THE) · parent
1. Romney Holdings Limited 100%

Significant events

“The company is pleased to report a growth in revenue from £30.9m to £34.8m. The revenue growth together with strong cost control supported a PBT increase from £2.3m to £3.2m.”
“The year-end cash position decreased from £3.6m to £0.8m; Stock levels increased from £5.8m to £7.5m. Capital spend increased to £1.1m.”
“Demand for our products in the new 2025-2026 financial year to date has been strong demonstrating once again YOY improvement in part aided by a very dry spring and summer.”
“The business has installed solar panels at the Rye site in the past year, making the site close to being self-sufficient on energy consumption.”

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

People

5 active · 11 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
PARKHOUSE, Joanne Clare	Secretary	2020-10-01	—	—
BROADHURST, Trevor	Director	—	Apr 1955	British
DEAN, Kenneth Alexander	Director	2020-10-01	Apr 1965	British
HILL, Sarah	Director	2013-10-27	Feb 1973	British
MCCORMICK, Shane Terrence	Director	2025-05-01	May 1975	British

Show 11 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
BROADHURST, Jean	Secretary	—	2019-08-19
BOURNE, Christopher William	Director	2018-10-01	2021-01-31
BOYD, Graham Shaw	Director	2017-02-01	2017-09-22
FERNS, Millie Anne	Director	2019-11-01	2020-09-25
MAUGHAN, Richard	Director	2008-03-12	2020-06-30
O'NYONS, Peter	Director	2021-09-20	2022-11-30
SMITH, Alan Henry	Director	2021-01-01	2024-02-07
STRUTT, David William	Director	1999-08-09	2014-08-29
TRAVIS, Daniel	Director	2023-09-18	2026-01-29
TRAVIS, Daniel	Director	2018-10-01	2020-09-02
WHEELDON, Maurice William	Director	1993-05-14	1993-05-18

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Lrs Broadhurst Holdings Limited	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%	2022-07-02	Active
Mr Trevor Broadhurst	Individual	Shares 75–100%	2016-04-06	Ceased 2022-07-02

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 130 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-02-17	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date
2026-01-29	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2025-12-16	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2025-11-25	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2025-07-05	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2025-05-01	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2024-10-14	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2024-07-02	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2024-07-02	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2024-02-07	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2023-12-13	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2023-09-18	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2023-07-07	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-12-09	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2022-12-02	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2022-07-19	PSC02	persons-with-significant-control	Notification of a person with significant control	PDF
2022-07-19	PSC07	persons-with-significant-control	Cessation of a person with significant control	PDF
2022-07-13	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2021-12-15	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2021-09-27	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 6
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 1
Officers resigned: 1

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

Year-on-year

FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31

Turnover

+12.8%

£30,859,237 £34,822,559
Cash

-76.5%

£3,562,243 £838,076

lowest in 6 filed years
Net assets

-6.2%

£16,955,196 £15,904,936
Employees

+7%

86 92
Operating profit

+35.3%

£2,289,055 £3,097,656
Profit before tax

+37.6%

£2,295,702 £3,158,493
Wages

+12.1%

£3,419,512 £3,834,178

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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