L. & S. MIDDLETON LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-07-31 (in 2mo)
Last filed for 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-10 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-27
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£5M
+9.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£5M
+1.4% vs 2023
Employees
46
+4.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£1M
-52.8% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-10-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £21,769,315 | £21,972,115 | |
| Operating profit | £2,128,257 | £904,614 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,154,291 | £1,017,843 | |
| Net profit | £1,882,451 | £768,438 | |
| Cash | £4,333,836 | £4,742,773 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,045,342 | £5,109,397 | |
| Net assets | £4,938,617 | £5,007,055 | |
| Equity | £4,938,617 | £5,007,055 | |
| Average employees | 44 | 46 | |
| Wages | £1,502,659 | £1,728,893 |
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 | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 9.8% | 4.1% | |
| Net margin | 8.6% | 3.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 42.2% | 17.7% | |
| Current ratio | 3.03x | 3.22x | |
| Interest cover | 23.46x | 8.39x |
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
- Crowe U.K. LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Directors believe there are no material uncertainties that call into doubt the Company's ability to continue as a going concern and the accounts have therefore been prepared on the basis that the Company is a going concern.”
Significant events
- “There have been no significant events affecting the Company since the year end.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIDDLETON, Sylvia Ann | Secretary | — | — | British |
| MIDDLETON, Dean Thomas | Director | 2015-02-05 | Feb 1970 | British |
| MIDDLETON, Glen James | Director | — | Jul 1967 | British |
| MIDDLETON, Leonard William | Director | — | Oct 1936 | British |
| MIDDLETON, Sylvia Ann | Director | — | Jan 1941 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GWILT, John Barry | Director | — | 2019-02-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Middleton Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-09-13 | Active |
| Mr Leonard William Middleton | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-10-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 118 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-12-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-12-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-12-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-12-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-07-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-04-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-03-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-13 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-09-13 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2023-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- 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 2024-10-31 vs 2023-10-31
-
Turnover
+0.9%
£21,769,315 £21,972,115
-
Cash
+9.4%
£4,333,836 £4,742,773
-
Net assets
+1.4%
£4,938,617 £5,007,055
-
Employees
+4.5%
44 46
-
Operating profit
-57.5%
£2,128,257 £904,614
-
Profit before tax
-52.8%
£2,154,291 £1,017,843
-
Wages
+15.1%
£1,502,659 £1,728,893
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