ORION DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-02-28 (in 9mo)
Last filed for 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-12 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-29
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£12M
+41.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£16M
+4.8% vs 2024
Employees
48
-7.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2M
+91.8% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-05-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £16,703,718 | £17,004,025 | |
| Operating profit | £796,055 | £1,345,878 | |
| Profit before tax | £811,607 | £1,557,017 | |
| Net profit | £628,206 | £1,177,397 | |
| Cash | £8,399,936 | £11,858,535 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £16,020,373 | £16,357,245 | |
| Net assets | £15,583,168 | £16,331,654 | |
| Equity | £15,583,168 | £16,331,654 | |
| Average employees | 52 | 48 | |
| Wages | £2,099,268 | £1,813,728 |
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 | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.8% | 7.9% | |
| Net margin | 3.8% | 6.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 5.0% | 8.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 30.6% | 16.8% | |
| Current ratio | 3.46x | 5.96x | |
| Interest cover | 7.70x | 41.20x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Brown Butler
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's or the parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- ORION DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED · parent
- Orion Homes Limited 100%
- Harrison Eastoft Limited 100%
- Orion Estates Limited 100%
- Orion Land & Planning Limited 100%
- Orion Land Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The turnover increased by £300,307 in the year as house sales remained strong and commercial contracts increased. The gross profit increase by £470,791 to £3,481,421 (2024: £3,010,630). Profit after tax remains strong at £1,177,397 (2024: £628,206) and has not been heavily impacted by higher inflation costs and increased interest rates.”
- “Over the last twelve months the directors have continued to take steps to increase land acquisitions. The lead times associated with these land acquisitions and obtaining the planning permissions has affected the group's ability to release properties for sale. It is anticipated that in the next twelve months the business will have more properties for sale on an increased number of developments. Land acquisition is a major focus for the group going forward.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WESTON, Christine Mary | Secretary | — | — | British |
| LUMB, Andrew James | Director | 2002-11-18 | Jul 1972 | British |
| LUMB, Jean Sandra | Director | 2020-07-01 | May 1945 | British |
| LUMB, Joanne Sarah | Director | 2015-04-07 | Nov 1970 | British |
| LUMB, Simon Timothy | Director | 2015-04-07 | Jul 1972 | British |
| LUMB, Timothy | Director | — | Nov 1944 | British |
| WESTON, Christine Mary | Director | — | Jul 1954 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LUMB, Jean Sandra | Director | — | 2001-04-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Jean Sandra Lumb | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2017-03-29 | Active |
| Mr Timothy Lumb | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2017-03-29 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 376 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-04-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-03-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-06-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-04-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-04-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-07-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-04-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-12-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2019-05-14 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part both with charge number | |
| 2019-04-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-10-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2018-07-12 | AUD | auditors | Auditors resignation company |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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 2025-05-31 vs 2024-05-31
-
Turnover
+1.8%
£16,703,718 £17,004,025
-
Cash
+41.2%
£8,399,936 £11,858,535
-
Net assets
+4.8%
£15,583,168 £16,331,654
-
Employees
-7.7%
52 48
-
Operating profit
+69.1%
£796,055 £1,345,878
-
Profit before tax
+91.8%
£811,607 £1,557,017
-
Wages
-13.6%
£2,099,268 £1,813,728
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