LADYBIRD CRANES LIMITED
Get an alert when LADYBIRD CRANES LIMITED files next
Leroy will email you the moment a new filing lands at Companies House — one short note per filing, nothing else.
Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-03-26
Overdue
Watchouts
Cash
£1M
+16.3% highest in 4 filed years
Net assets
£5M
+6.9% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
20
-9.1% lowest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
£551K
+69% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
-
Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-03-26.
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- LADYBIRD CRANES LIMITED 2012-06-18 → present
- LADYBIRD INDUSTRIES LIMITED 2002-05-30 → 2012-06-18
- LADYBIRD HOTELS LIMITED 2002-01-17 → 2002-05-30
- HOWARD BIRD & COMPANY LIMITED 1977-07-08 → 2002-01-17
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £325,973 | £550,859 | |
| Net profit | £463,158 | £252,519 | £244,056 | £505,319 | |
| Cash | £659,194 | £921,391 | £884,476 | £1,028,386 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,259,138 | £6,827,177 | £6,902,669 | £6,596,471 | |
| Net assets | £4,582,664 | £4,710,683 | £4,904,739 | £5,245,058 | |
| Equity | £4,582,664 | £4,710,683 | £4,904,739 | £5,245,058 | |
| Average employees | 24 | 23 | 22 | 20 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — |
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
People
3 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BIRD, Ciara Ailish | Secretary | 2013-05-21 | — | — |
| BIRD, Christopher Howard | Director | — | Apr 1947 | British |
| BIRD, Robert Edward | Director | 2006-10-20 | Jan 1976 | British |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BIRD, Caroline Margaret | Secretary | — | 1996-06-02 |
| BIRD, Christopher Howard | Secretary | 1996-06-02 | 1997-05-01 |
| HAMMOND, Cynthia Joy, Mrs. | Secretary | 2001-10-19 | 2013-05-21 |
| MCKENZIE, Caroline | Secretary | 1997-05-01 | 2001-10-19 |
| BECK, Christopher | Director | — | 1996-04-12 |
| BIRD, Caroline Margaret | Director | — | 1996-06-02 |
| BIRD, Winifred | Director | — | 1998-06-30 |
| HAMMOND, Cynthia Joy, Mrs. | Director | 2001-12-20 | 2016-07-12 |
| HAMMOND, Stephen Andrew | Director | 2004-01-16 | 2015-09-22 |
| HUTTON, Gary Arthur | Director | 1998-05-05 | 2001-06-13 |
| MCKENZIE, Caroline | Director | 1997-05-01 | 2001-10-19 |
| PRYDE, Robert Martin | Director | — | 2002-02-28 |
| REYNOLDS, Brian | Director | — | 1998-01-05 |
| SHARP, Jeremy Hambling | Director | 1995-01-01 | 1999-01-31 |
| TITMUS, Paul Andrew | Director | 2001-04-01 | 2002-02-28 |
| TOWNSEND, Alexander Paul | Director | — | 1999-03-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ladybird Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-07-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 180 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-19 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-18 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-03-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-10-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-10-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2024-03-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-03-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-04-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-03-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-04-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2021-03-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-03-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-12-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
+16.3%
£884,476 £1,028,386
highest in 4 filed years
-
Net assets
+6.9%
£4,904,739 £5,245,058
highest in 4 filed years
-
Employees
-9.1%
22 20
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Profit before tax
+69%
£325,973 £550,859
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