CHARLES LAWRENCE SURFACES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-10-31 (in 5mo)
Last filed for 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-12 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-04-28
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£217K
-59.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£3M
+7.9% vs 2024
Employees
13
-18.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£321K
+49.3% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 4 times since incorporation
- CHARLES LAWRENCE SURFACES LIMITED 2006-01-27 → present
- CHARLES LAWRENCE SURFACES PLC 1997-08-14 → 2006-01-27
- CHARLES LAWRENCE GROUP PLC 1989-12-18 → 1997-08-14
- CHARLES LAWRENCE U.K. LIMITED ASHTON BOND GIGG 1982-07-16 → 1989-12-18
- CHARLES LAWRENCE (LANDSCAPES) LIMITED 1968-05-17 → 1982-07-16
Profit before tax
2-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £4,867,000 | £4,536,000 | |
| Operating profit | £215,000 | £321,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £215,000 | £321,000 | |
| Net profit | £163,000 | £241,000 | |
| Cash | £541,000 | £217,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,039,000 | £3,280,000 | |
| Net assets | — | — | |
| Equity | £3,039,000 | £3,280,000 | |
| Average employees | 16 | 13 | |
| Wages | £578,000 | £606,000 |
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 | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.4% | 7.1% | |
| Net margin | 3.3% | 5.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 7.1% | 9.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.58x | 1.64x |
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
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“On the basis of their assessment of the Group's financial position, and based on current cash flow projections and the Group's banking facilities, having given consideration to various outcomes of future performance and forecast capital expenditure, including downside scenarios, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company will be able to continue operating until at least 31 December 2026. Therefore, the Directors consider it appropriate to continue to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis and are of the view that there are no material uncertainties regarding the Group's going concern status.”
Significant events
- “Following last year's significant downsizing of our operations, tight control of our operating costs has resulted in a slight improvement in the performance of the business.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 19 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STRACHAN, Lucy Jill | Secretary | 2024-02-02 | — | — |
| MALCOLM, Andrew Buchanan | Director | 2006-01-27 | Jan 1962 | British |
| MALCOLM, Walter Hattrick | Director | 2006-01-27 | Dec 1960 | British |
Show 19 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOND, Geoffrey Charles | Secretary | — | 1997-06-01 |
| HILLS, Richard | Secretary | 1997-06-01 | 2006-01-27 |
| STEWART, Charles Roderick | Secretary | 2006-01-27 | 2024-02-02 |
| AITCHISON, Anthony Andrew | Director | 2009-01-05 | 2016-12-31 |
| ALLEN, Nigel Charles | Director | — | 2006-01-27 |
| BAKER, Barry Geoffrey | Director | 1997-08-06 | 1999-12-31 |
| BEACON, Martin John | Director | 1997-08-06 | 2001-01-12 |
| BESWICK, Ian | Director | 1999-10-20 | 2000-07-28 |
| BLAMIRE, David Meldrum | Director | 1998-03-11 | 2005-05-23 |
| BOND, Geoffrey Charles | Director | — | 2002-05-20 |
| HALL, Simon Robert | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2006-02-24 |
| HILLS, Richard | Director | 2000-09-19 | 2006-01-27 |
| KEAL, Mark Anthony | Director | 1999-10-20 | 2006-01-27 |
| KIELY, Martin | Director | 2006-01-27 | 2020-06-30 |
| LAWRENCE, Charles Clifford Seager | Director | — | 2015-05-01 |
| MACALLISTER, Andrew John | Director | 2001-09-01 | 2015-06-01 |
| SHAW, Ian Gordon | Director | 1994-05-18 | 2002-03-31 |
| STANBRIDGE, Raymond John, Dr | Director | — | 1994-02-16 |
| TAYLOR, Robert Ellis | Director | 2001-09-01 | 2003-12-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cls Surfaces (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2024-02-02 | Active |
| Mr Charles Roderick Stewart | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-07-01 | Ceased 2024-02-02 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 219 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-04-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-06 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-04-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-06 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-02-06 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-06 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-02-06 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-11-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-04-19 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2022-04-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-11-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-01-31 vs 2024-01-31
-
Turnover
-6.8%
£4,867,000 £4,536,000
-
Cash
-59.9%
£541,000 £217,000
-
Net assets
—
Not reported
-
Employees
-18.8%
16 13
-
Operating profit
+49.3%
£215,000 £321,000
-
Profit before tax
+49.3%
£215,000 £321,000
-
Wages
+4.8%
£578,000 £606,000
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