LENHAM STORAGE (SOUTHERN) LIMITED

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Next accounts due

2027-05-31 (in 1y)

Last filed for 2025-08-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-11-20 (in 6mo)

Last made up 2025-11-06

Watchouts

1 item

Cash

£105K

-46.8% lowest in 10 filed years

Net assets

£7M

+5.8% highest in 6 filed years

Employees

117

-1.7% vs 2024

Profit before tax

£540K

-43.9% vs 2024

Watchouts

Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating

1 PSC ceased in last 24 months

Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.

Net assets

10-year trend · vs Industrials median

LENHAM STORAGE (SOUTHERN) LIMITED·Industrials median · n=2875

Accounts

10-year trend · latest reflected 2025-08-31

Metric	2020-08-31	2020-09-01	2021-08-31	2021-09-01	2022-08-31	2022-09-01	2023-08-31	2023-09-01	2024-08-31	2025-08-31
Turnover	£9,938,561	—	£10,889,461	—	£13,549,144	—	£13,036,571	—	£12,956,764	£12,559,544
Operating profit	£370,468	—	£1,219,642	—	£940,260	—	£805,575	—	£1,013,397	£656,418
Profit before tax	£349,360	—	£1,203,705	—	£917,891	—	£776,441	—	£962,760	£539,963
Net profit	£283,864	—	£988,472	—	£734,281	—	£617,357	—	£722,337	£403,480
Cash	£131,986	£131,986	£138,145	£138,145	£177,579	£177,579	£187,479	£187,479	£196,905	£104,740
Total assets less current liabilities	£4,484,543	—	£5,546,858	—	£6,289,841	—	£6,599,132	—	£7,331,193	£7,863,918
Net assets	£4,345,925	—	£5,245,108	—	£5,979,389	—	£6,329,246	—	£7,051,583	£7,460,063
Equity	£4,345,925	£4,345,925	£5,245,108	£5,245,108	£5,979,389	£5,979,389	£6,329,246	£6,329,246	£7,051,583	£7,460,063
Average employees	119	—	105	—	108	—	117	—	119	117
Wages	£3,335,650	—	£3,261,507	—	£3,457,689	—	£4,243,399	—	£4,566,511	£4,614,700

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	2020-08-31	2020-09-01	2021-08-31	2021-09-01	2022-08-31	2022-09-01	2023-08-31	2023-09-01	2024-08-31	2025-08-31
Operating margin	3.7%	—	11.2%	—	6.9%	—	6.2%	—	7.8%	5.2%
Net margin	2.9%	—	9.1%	—	5.4%	—	4.7%	—	5.6%	3.2%
Return on capital employed	8.3%	—	22.0%	—	14.9%	—	12.2%	—	13.8%	8.3%
Current ratio	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.96x	3.76x
Interest cover	17.55x	—	76.40x	—	41.98x	—	27.65x	—	20.01x	5.64x

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: Menzies 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 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.”

Significant events

“loss of a significant client part way during the year.”
“heavy investment in site maintenance.”
“significant number of the growing fleet was replaced during the trading year”

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

People

6 active · 5 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
BURGESS, Anthony Michael	Secretary	2001-05-21	—	British
ABREHART, Keith Nicholas	Director	1999-02-01	Apr 1972	British
BOURNER, Geoffrey	Director	1993-02-01	Nov 1960	British
BURGESS, Anthony Michael	Director	2001-10-02	Jun 1963	British
PHIBBS, Stephen Leslie	Director	2007-12-01	Sep 1951	British
TOLHURST, Rodney Frederic	Director	—	Jul 1943	British

Show 5 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
FARREN, Paul	Secretary	—	2001-05-11
BARNARD, Hugh Alan	Director	—	1994-01-30
CHAPMAN, Kenneth Anthony	Director	—	1998-04-12
FARREN, Paul	Director	—	2001-05-11
WOOD, Geoffrey David	Director	—	2002-05-06

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Mr Keith Nicholas Abrehart	Individual	Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors	2024-10-23	Active
Mr Rodney Frederic Tolhurst	Individual	Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors	2016-04-06	Ceased 2024-10-23

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 134 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-05-08	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2026-02-24	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2026-02-24	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2026-02-23	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2026-02-23	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2026-02-23	CH03	officers	Change person secretary company with change date	PDF
2026-02-23	AD01	address	Change registered office address company with date old address new address	PDF
2025-11-07	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-05-21	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2024-11-06	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2024-10-28	PSC07	persons-with-significant-control	Cessation of a person with significant control	PDF
2024-10-28	PSC01	persons-with-significant-control	Notification of a person with significant control	PDF
2024-04-30	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2023-11-21	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-04-27	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2022-11-15	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-06-06	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2021-11-24	MR01	mortgage	Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date	PDF
2021-11-10	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-05-13	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 9
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 0

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

Year-on-year

FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-08-31 vs 2024-08-31

Turnover

-3.1%

£12,956,764 £12,559,544
Cash

-46.8%

£196,905 £104,740

lowest in 10 filed years
Net assets

+5.8%

£7,051,583 £7,460,063

highest in 6 filed years
Employees

-1.7%

119 117
Operating profit

-35.2%

£1,013,397 £656,418
Profit before tax

-43.9%

£962,760 £539,963
Wages

+1.1%

£4,566,511 £4,614,700

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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