A.W.LYMN THE FAMILY FUNERAL SERVICE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-08-05 (in 3mo)
Last filed for 2024-11-05
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-09 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-25
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£587K
-20% vs 2023
Net assets
£10M
+0.2% vs 2023
Employees
147
+2.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£3M
+14.6% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- A.W.LYMN THE FAMILY FUNERAL SERVICE LIMITED 2010-08-04 → present
- AW LYMN THE FAMILY FUNERAL SERVICE LIMITED 2010-04-11 → 2010-08-04
- LYMN FUNERAL SERVICES LIMITED 1984-03-30 → 2010-04-11
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-11-05
| Metric | Trend | 2023-11-05 | 2024-11-05 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £16,698,483 | £17,430,641 | |
| Operating profit | £2,577,652 | £2,849,864 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,757,926 | £3,160,393 | |
| Net profit | £1,993,994 | £2,419,480 | |
| Cash | £734,444 | £587,421 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,877,052 | £10,588,818 | |
| Net assets | £9,545,790 | £9,565,270 | |
| Equity | £9,545,790 | £9,565,270 | |
| Average employees | 143 | 147 | |
| Wages | £4,419,849 | £4,512,140 |
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 | 2023-11-05 | 2024-11-05 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 15.4% | 16.3% | |
| Net margin | 11.9% | 13.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 26.1% | 26.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 25.2% | 38.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.85x | 1.63x |
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
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the balance sheet date the company had strong cash balances and significant net asset resources amounting to £9.6m. Having considered a period of at least 12 months from the date of approving these financial statements, the directors believe it appropriate that the financial statements be prepared on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- A.W.LYMN THE FAMILY FUNERAL SERVICE LIMITED · parent
- A.W. Lymn Limited 100%
- The Nottingham Funeral Company Limited 100%
- The Family Funeral Service Limited 100%
- A.W. Lymn The Funeral Planning Service Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During the year the following subsidiary undertakings were dissolved as these were dormant and no longer trading: Ernest Smith (Nottm.) Limited, City Flowers Limited, Nottingham, Derby & District Funeral Services Limited, Lymn Rose Funeral Services Limited, and J.W Hutchinson Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MYERS, James | Secretary | 2022-11-06 | — | — |
| CLARSON, Peter David | Director | 2019-05-23 | Mar 1986 | British |
| LYMN ROSE, Chloe Elizabeth | Director | 2022-11-06 | Aug 1980 | British |
| LYMN ROSE, Jackie | Director | 1997-03-14 | Jan 1956 | British |
| LYMN ROSE, Matthew Alexander | Director | 2006-05-25 | Oct 1982 | British |
| LYMN ROSE, Nigel | Director | — | Oct 1954 | British |
| LYMN ROSE, Penelope Jane | Director | 2022-11-06 | Jan 1956 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAINE, Shaun Michael | Secretary | 2009-05-01 | 2020-09-30 |
| LYMN ROSE, Chloe Elizabeth | Secretary | 2020-10-01 | 2022-11-06 |
| LYMN ROSE, Jacqueline | Secretary | 1995-06-21 | 2009-05-01 |
| ROSE, Sheila Margaret | Secretary | — | 1995-06-21 |
| LYMN ROSE, Penelope Jane | Director | — | 2022-11-06 |
| ROSE, George Frederick | Director | — | 2018-07-30 |
| ROSE, Sheila Margaret | Director | — | 2022-10-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lr Bereavement Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2023-02-06 | Active |
| Lymn Rose Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2022-11-04 | Ceased 2023-02-06 |
| Mr Nigel Lymn Rose | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-11-04 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 147 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-25 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-02-25 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-02-18 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-02-12 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-01-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-08-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-06-18 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-01-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-09-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-06-29 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-06-29 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-01-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-01-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-11-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- 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 2024-11-05 vs 2023-11-05
-
Turnover
+4.4%
£16,698,483 £17,430,641
-
Cash
-20%
£734,444 £587,421
-
Net assets
+0.2%
£9,545,790 £9,565,270
-
Employees
+2.8%
143 147
-
Operating profit
+10.6%
£2,577,652 £2,849,864
-
Profit before tax
+14.6%
£2,757,926 £3,160,393
-
Wages
+2.1%
£4,419,849 £4,512,140
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