LEDROP EXPORTS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-07-31 (in 2mo)
Last filed for 2024-07-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-05 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-22
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-61% vs 2023
Net assets
£11M
+21.6% vs 2023
Employees
2
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£4M
+36.1% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- LEDROP EXPORTS LIMITED 1978-12-31 → present
- CLIFT, BARKLA AND CO. LIMITED 1976-12-31 → 1978-12-31
- BRONHOME LIMITED 1975-09-29 → 1976-12-31
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2024-07-31
| Metric | Trend | 2018-07-31 | 2019-07-31 | 2020-07-31 | 2021-07-31 | 2022-07-31 | 2023-07-31 | 2024-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | £29,958,059 | £35,688,682 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | £2,695,689 | £3,507,503 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | £2,694,699 | £3,668,765 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | — | £2,126,636 | £2,750,492 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | — | £6,323,346 | £2,465,407 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | — | £9,250,936 | £11,251,942 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | — | £9,250,936 | £11,251,942 | |
| Equity | £3,190,512 | £4,279,673 | — | — | — | £9,250,936 | £11,251,942 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | £18,044 | £18,658 |
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 | 2018-07-31 | 2019-07-31 | 2020-07-31 | 2021-07-31 | 2022-07-31 | 2023-07-31 | 2024-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | 9.0% | 9.8% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | — | 7.1% | 7.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | 29.1% | 31.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | — | 55.6% | 28.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 1.80x | 3.58x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | 2722.92x | 132.03x |
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)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Landau Morley LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The director is confident, based on the circumstances outlined above, that the company will have sufficient funds to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements and therefore have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- LEDROP EXPORTS LIMITED · parent
- Ledrop Nigeria Limited
- Ledrop Ghana Limited
- Ledrop Spain Limited
Significant events
- “Despite modest growth, the company's key West African trading markets continued to grapple with rampant inflation, significant currency depreciation and high interest rates.”
- “The director considers the results for the year to be satisfactory and will continue to pursue strategies that will realize a steady growth in turnover and maintain profitability.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CEDAR, Luise Veronica | Secretary | 2006-01-01 | — | British |
| CLIFT, Hugh William Paul | Director | — | Aug 1948 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARSH, Michael William | Secretary | 2000-07-14 | 2003-01-01 |
| LANDAU MORLEY REGISTRARS LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2003-01-01 | 2006-01-01 |
| PILOTPLAN LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | — | 2000-07-14 |
| NUTTALL, Roderick James | Director | 2016-02-01 | 2016-02-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hugh William Paul Clift | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 155 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-15 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-15 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-08-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-18 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-07-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-03 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2023-04-20 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2022-08-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-25 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-04-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-10-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-08-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-04-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-08-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-07-31 vs 2023-07-31
-
Turnover
+19.1%
£29,958,059 £35,688,682
-
Cash
-61%
£6,323,346 £2,465,407
-
Net assets
+21.6%
£9,250,936 £11,251,942
-
Employees
0%
2 2
-
Operating profit
+30.1%
£2,695,689 £3,507,503
-
Profit before tax
+36.1%
£2,694,699 £3,668,765
-
Wages
+3.4%
£18,044 £18,658
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