A.W.LUMB & CO.LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-06 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-23
Watchouts
Cash
£5M
-23.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£19M
+339.8% vs 2023
Employees
85
+1,600% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£15M
+15,825.9% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
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 | — | £47,977,961 | |
| Operating profit | -£125,521 | £895,765 | |
| Profit before tax | £97,131 | £15,468,973 | |
| Net profit | £98,439 | £14,799,590 | |
| Cash | £6,219,998 | £4,731,725 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £15,632,751 | £20,190,585 | |
| Net assets | £4,360,066 | £19,176,069 | |
| Equity | £4,360,066 | £19,176,069 | |
| Average employees | 5 | 85 | |
| Wages | £246,401 | £3,394,620 |
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 | — | 1.9% | |
| Net margin | — | 30.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | -0.8% | 4.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 73.0% | 35.7% | |
| Current ratio | 21.36x | 2.51x | |
| Interest cover | -1012.27x | 46.13x |
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
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After reviewing the Company's forecasts and risk assessments and making other enquiries, and based on the support from the ultimate parent company, the Directors are satisfied that the Company has adequate resources to continue operations for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements and therefore continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing these financial statements.”
Significant events
- “On 1 January 2024, the trade and assets of the Company's two trading subsidiaries, A.W.Lumb (Midlands) Limited and A.W.Lumb (Northern) Limited, were transferred into the Company.”
- “On 07 April 2025, the Company opened a new branch in Mansfield.”
- “On 30 April 2025, the Company completed the sale and leaseback of it's Tamworth & Dewsbury freehold properties to Gempoint 2000 Limited for cash consideration of £8.6 million.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DURDANT-HOLLAMBY, Stephen Daniel | Director | 2025-09-26 | Sep 1973 | British |
| HARRISON, Helen Janet, Mrs. | Director | 2023-04-01 | Jan 1967 | British |
| KEAY, Martin Donald | Director | 2018-03-01 | Dec 1964 | British |
| KILPATRICK, Stuart Charles | Director | 2024-06-04 | Oct 1962 | British |
| PATEL, Shanker Bhupendrabhai | Director | 2022-02-28 | Feb 1971 | British |
| WARD, Darren Andrew | Director | 2024-01-01 | Dec 1965 | British |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COOPER, John Benjamin | Secretary | 2011-01-01 | 2013-09-04 |
| ROBERTS, Andrew Christopher | Secretary | 2013-09-04 | 2022-02-28 |
| STOCK, Andrew John | Secretary | 2002-07-01 | 2010-12-31 |
| WARD, Brian | Secretary | — | 2002-06-30 |
| COOPER, John Benjamin | Director | 2002-08-07 | 2017-03-31 |
| CURETON, Edward John | Director | — | 2022-02-28 |
| DAY, Christopher Michael | Director | 2022-02-28 | 2024-05-17 |
| JONES, Trevor | Director | — | 2022-02-28 |
| LUMB, David | Director | — | 2002-08-20 |
| MCENTEE, Gavin Joseph | Director | 2018-03-01 | 2026-03-31 |
| ROBERTS, Andrew Christopher | Director | 2013-09-04 | 2023-03-31 |
| SMITH, Michael Denis | Director | 1999-04-09 | 2022-02-28 |
| STOCK, Andrew John | Director | — | 2010-12-31 |
| WARD, Brian | Director | — | 2002-06-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lords Builders Merchants Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-10-04 | Active |
| Awlc Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-03-31 | Ceased 2024-10-04 |
| Trustees Of The David Lumb Will Trust | Corporate entity | ownership-of-shares-50-to-75-percent-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-03-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 207 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-09 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-04-07 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-01-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge part | |
| 2026-01-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge part | |
| 2025-10-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-17 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-06-17 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-10-17 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-17 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type audit exemption subsiduary | |
| 2024-09-28 | PARENT_ACC | accounts | Legacy | |
| 2024-09-28 | AGREEMENT2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2024-09-28 | GUARANTEE2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2024-08-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-06-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
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Turnover
—
Not reported
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Cash
-23.9%
£6,219,998 £4,731,725
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Net assets
+339.8%
£4,360,066 £19,176,069
-
Employees
+1,600%
5 85
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Operating profit
+813.6%
-£125,521 £895,765
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Profit before tax
+15,825.9%
£97,131 £15,468,973
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Wages
+1,277.7%
£246,401 £3,394,620
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