L.M. BATEMAN & COMPANY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-10-29 (in 5mo)
Last filed for 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-16
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
+190.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£3M
+29.8% vs 2024
Employees
111
-1.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£960K
+49.7% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £15,198,800 | £15,760,426 | |
| Operating profit | £840,975 | £1,162,023 | |
| Profit before tax | £641,409 | £960,483 | |
| Net profit | £419,122 | £780,634 | |
| Cash | £503,311 | £1,461,661 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,488,889 | £4,078,806 | |
| Net assets | £2,453,848 | £3,184,482 | |
| Equity | £2,453,848 | £3,184,482 | |
| Average employees | 113 | 111 | |
| Wages | £3,152,901 | £3,434,193 |
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 | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.5% | 7.4% | |
| Net margin | 2.8% | 5.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 24.1% | 28.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.50x | 1.58x | |
| Interest cover | 4.21x | 5.77x |
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 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Dains Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“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 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.”
Significant events
- “The company has embarked on a strategic re evaluation of its business, management and manufacturing process and is now well advanced in the implementation of a new five year plan.”
- “New IT systems have been implemented to improve logistics and materials handling and state of the art machinery has been purchased to streamline processes and cut costs.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BATEMAN, Edward | Director | 2014-04-06 | Jul 1988 | British |
| BATEMAN, Leslie Melvyn | Director | — | Dec 1947 | British |
| BATEMAN, Thomas Melvyn | Director | 2014-04-06 | Feb 1986 | British |
| GRATTON, Neil Patrick | Director | — | Jun 1956 | British |
| HINE, Robert Nathan | Director | — | Jan 1958 | British |
| TORR, Glyn Lawrence | Director | 2018-02-01 | Mar 1970 | English |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BYRNE, Lucy Agnes | Secretary | 2018-01-22 | 2022-06-21 |
| SMITH, John Maurice | Secretary | — | 2014-12-05 |
| BATEMAN, Jamie Melvyn Scott | Director | 2015-04-06 | 2020-03-10 |
| BYRNE, Ian Robert | Director | 2009-04-17 | 2022-04-14 |
| ROBERTS, John | Director | — | 1993-06-07 |
| SMITH, John Maurice | Director | 2000-10-01 | 2014-12-05 |
| SMITH, John Maurice | Director | 1993-06-07 | 1998-12-03 |
| TICKLE, Roger John | Director | 1999-05-01 | 2013-11-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bateman Family Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-03-22 | Active |
| Mr Leslie Melvyn Bateman | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2017-03-31 | Ceased 2019-03-22 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 147 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-11-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-10-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-02-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-22 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-06-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-04-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-27 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2021-07-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-02-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-07-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-03-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- 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 2025-01-31 vs 2024-01-31
-
Turnover
+3.7%
£15,198,800 £15,760,426
-
Cash
+190.4%
£503,311 £1,461,661
-
Net assets
+29.8%
£2,453,848 £3,184,482
-
Employees
-1.8%
113 111
-
Operating profit
+38.2%
£840,975 £1,162,023
-
Profit before tax
+49.7%
£641,409 £960,483
-
Wages
+8.9%
£3,152,901 £3,434,193
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