LAWRENCE HUNT & CO LIMITED

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  2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months

  Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Horne Brooke Shenton

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The directors consider that the company has adequate resources to remain in operation for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”

Group structure

1. LAWRENCE HUNT & CO LIMITED · parent
   1. Longton Properties Limited 100% · England · dormant

Significant events

• “driving cost efficiencies in all areas, improve customer experience and convenience food to go product range options and further capital investment plans in new stores and existing store refits, including energy saving measures such as LED lighting and refrigeration upgrades.”
• “installed energy efficiency doors for display cabinets to reduce energy waste. Additionally, the company has changed the design and installation of their systems, using less harmful refrigerants and smaller compressor. The company has also invested in air to water recovery systems in their heating systems to reduce energy usage further.”
• “Self-cleaning, efficient AC systems were installed at both the Tarleton and St Anne's sites.”

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

Filings

7

last 12 months

Capital events

2

last 24 months

Officers appointed

1

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

  -1.8%

  £43,799,053 → £43,009,048

• Cash

  -21.1%

  £2,317,534 → £1,828,480

• Net assets

  -1.6%

  £4,869,014 → £4,789,679

• Employees

  +4.1%

  460 → 479

• Operating profit

  -32.9%

  £1,340,369 → £899,893

• Profit before tax

  -34.4%

  £1,371,009 → £899,699

• Wages

  +1.4%

  £6,851,593 → £6,946,121

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