LODGE BROS. (FUNERALS) LIMITED

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

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Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

Menzies LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“After taking into account the above, there are no foreseeable reasons why the group should not prepare the 2024 financial statements on a going concern basis.”

Group structure

1. LODGE BROS. (FUNERALS) LIMITED · parent
   1. Family Funerals Trust Limited 100% · UK
   2. Lodge Brothers Legal Services Limited 80% · UK
   3. Wickenden & Son Limited 100% · UK · dormant
   4. Weybridge Funeral Service Limited 100% · UK · dormant
   5. Funeral Arrangements Limited 100% · UK · dormant
   6. Funeralcare Limited 100% · UK · dormant
   7. Barnes & Sons (Undertakers) Limited 100% · UK · dormant
   8. The Kingston Masonary Company Limited 100% · UK
   9. E A Langley (Funerals) Limited 100% · UK · dormant

Significant events

• “On 16th February 2024, all of the shares of Lodge Bros. (Funerals) Limited were acquired by an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT)”
• “Lodge Bros. (Funerals) Limited entered into a loan facility for £2.5m and drew down a balance of £1.5m in respect of the loan and the Group made a cash contribution to Lodge Bros. EOT Trustee Limited for the sum of £6,734,831.”
• “Further contributions of £1,620,000 were made during the year and the total of £8,354,831 has been debited to reserves and can be seen in the statement of changes to equity statement.”
• “During the year, the company sold a 10% interest in Lodge Brothers Legal Services Limited. Control was retained due to its 80% shareholding.”
• “During the year, the Company allotted and issued 1,000,000 of Ordinary Shares of £1 to the Employee Ownership Trust which were paid up by capitalising £1,000,000 of the revaluation reserve and applying the sum for that purpose. The share capital of the company was subsequently reduced by cancellation of 1,000,000 ordinary shares of £1.”

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

Filings

5

last 12 months

Capital events

3

last 24 months

Officers appointed

2

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.

• Turnover

  -0.8%

  £21,245,395 → £21,071,729

• Cash

  -71.7%

  £6,361,179 → £1,798,663

• Net assets

  -64.4%

  £11,324,309 → £4,026,593

• Employees

  -3.6%

  169 → 163

• Operating profit

  -33.6%

  £2,096,576 → £1,392,897

• Profit before tax

  -41%

  £2,300,281 → £1,356,297

• Wages

  +0.2%

  £6,418,179 → £6,429,294

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